Unable to Login to Nagios

Mark Gius mgius at createspace.com
Wed Jul 15 00:31:23 CEST 2009


Default web access is controlled via apache's basic auth module, using a 
password file.  The default name for this file is "htpasswd."  I would 
look in your apache and nagios directories for a file of that name for a 
start.

If you can't find that, look in your apache configs and find the nagios 
configuration file.  Inside there it should define an "AuthUserFile."  
You'll want to edit that file.  You should note that the passwords in 
that file are (hopefully) 1-way hashes, so you'll need to replace your 
existing entry with another hashed one (see the 'htpasswd' command for 
doing that).

-Gius

Kevin Mitnikc wrote:
> That is understandable.  What exactly am I looking for in my 
> webservers configuration?  What information can I provide.  I have a 
> typical Nagios install with a few servers being monitored.
>  
> Is there a way to reset the password for the Nagios web portal or 
> access?  Not sure how to refer to the web access of Nagios.
>  
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Kevin
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Morris, Patrick 
> <patrick.morris at hp.com <mailto:patrick.morris at hp.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Kevin!
>
>     On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Kevin Mitnikc wrote:
>
>     > I am unable to login to the Nagios web GUI.  When I open a
>     browser to access Nagios, I am unable to authenticate.  I haven't
>     made any changes or addons since yesterday.
>     >
>     > What do I need to do to reset the password and login?  Am I able
>     to do this somehow in the terminal?
>
>     Since it seems we're starting from square one here, I'd recommend
>     taking
>     a look at your webserver's configuration, determining what it's
>     using to
>     authenticate, and following the trail from there.
>
>     There are too many possible answers to your question to be able to
>     give
>     you an answer without at least a little information about your
>     configuration.
>
>
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