HTTP server authentication requirements for accessing this CGI.

[Jimmyboy]

Hi Shahid & Ankush,

Thanks for your replies. But, I guess, these directives are not meant for
Nagios on Ubuntu (if one follows the Quickstart Guide). For Ubuntu, the path
is "/usr/local/nagios/share". Moreover, I do not have a 'nagios' directory
under "/usr/lib/".

*New observation*:
If the cgi.cfg file is edited to enable 'default_user=nagiosadmin', then I
can access the Process Info screen, etc. However, I if try stopping or
restarting the nagios service from within the Process Info screen, it errors
out stating this:

=-=-=-=
Error: Could not open command file '/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd' for
update!
The permissions on the external command file and/or directory may be
incorrect. Read the FAQs on how to setup proper permissions.
An error occured while attempting to commit your command for processing.
*Return from whence you came*
=-=-=-=

So, I think it has to do something with authentication.

Thanks,
Jim

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On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 8:28 PM, shadih rahman <shadhin71 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jimmy,
>      Try the following and this should take care of it.  Thanks
>
>
> ScriptAlias /nagios/cgi-bin "/usr/lib/nagios/cgi"
>
>
> Alias /nagios "/usr/share/nagios"
>
> <Directory "/usr/share/nagios">
> #  SSLRequireSSL
>   Options None
>   AllowOverride None
>   Order allow,deny
>   Allow from all
> #  Order deny,allow
> #  Deny from all
> #  Allow from 127.0.0.1
>   AuthName "Nagios Access"
>   AuthType Basic
>   AuthUserFile /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users
>   Require valid-user
> </Directory>
>
>
>
>   On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Jimmyboy <jimmyjose2980 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Ankush,
>>
>> This is already done, but still the issue exists.
>> The only difference is the username nagiosadmin as in my case.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jim
>>
>>   On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 4:11 PM, ankush grover <grover1711 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jimmy,
>>>
>>> You need to enable authentication in cgi.cfg.
>>>
>>> use_authentication=1
>>>
>>> authorized_for_all_host_commands=admin
>>> authorized_for_all_hosts=admin
>>> authorized_for_all_service_commands=admin
>>> authorized_for_all_services=admin
>>> authorized_for_configuration_information=admin
>>> authorized_for_system_commands=admin
>>> authorized_for_system_information=admin
>>>
>>>
>>> Something like this in nagios.conf file for apache (On my linux box
>>> that is centos 5.x it is /etc/httpd/conf.d/nagios.conf)
>>>
>>> <Directory "/usr/lib/nagios/cgi">
>>> #  SSLRequireSSL
>>>   Options ExecCGI
>>>   AllowOverride None
>>>   Order allow,deny
>>>   Allow from all
>>> #  Order deny,allow
>>> #  Deny from all
>>> #  Allow from 127.0.0.1
>>>   AuthName "Nagios Access"
>>>   AuthType Basic
>>>   AuthUserFile /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users
>>>   Require valid-user
>>> </Directory>
>>>
>>> Alias /nagios "/usr/share/nagios"
>>>
>>> <Directory "/usr/share/nagios">
>>> #  SSLRequireSSL
>>>   Options None
>>>   AllowOverride None
>>>   Order allow,deny
>>>   Allow from all
>>> #  Order deny,allow
>>> #  Deny from all
>>> #  Allow from 127.0.0.1
>>>   AuthName "Nagios Access"
>>>   AuthType Basic
>>>   AuthUserFile /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users
>>>   Require valid-user
>>> </Directory>
>>>
>>>
>>> Now use htpasswd command to generate htpasswd.users file with user admin.
>>>
>>> htpasswd -c /etc/nagios/htpasswd.users   admin
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Ankush
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Jimmyboy <jimmyjose2980 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hi All,
>>> >
>>> > I have installed Apache2.2.9 using the source file
>>> > 'Apache2_2.2.9.orig.tar.gz'.
>>> > Nagios 3.0.6 is also installed on Ubuntu Intrepid OS using the
>>> Quickstart
>>> > Guide. I am able to open http://localhost/nagios.
>>> >
>>> > However, certain entities on the left pane, such as 'Process Info',
>>> 'Network
>>> > Outages', etc are not getting opened. They error out with the following
>>> > message.
>>> >
>>> > "It appears as though you do not have permission to view information
>>> for any
>>> > of the hosts you requested... If you believe this is an error, check
>>> the
>>> > HTTP server authentication requirements for accessing this CGI and
>>> check the
>>> > authorization options in your CGI configuration file."
>>> >
>>> > I followed
>>> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/09/26/nagios.html?page=3.
>>> > Configuration of httpd.conf says ScriptAlias /nagios/cgi-bin/
>>> > /usr/local/nagios/sbin/. But, I do not have a directory 'cgi-bin' under
>>> > nagios directory. Morever, I do not see the 'sites-available' &
>>> > other directories named similarly under my /usr/local/apache2/conf
>>> > directory. Will that be a problem?
>>> >
>>> > But, still, I am at same stage. Anyone, any idea, how to go about?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Jim
>>> >
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>>
>>
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>
>
> --
> Cordially,
> Shadhin Rahman
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