[ SOLVED ] nagios3 problem in debian lenny

[J. Bakshi]

J. Bakshi wrote:
> Joseph Lundback wrote:
>   
>>> Dear all ,
>>>
>>> I have the second opportunity to configure nagios3 in a debian lenny
>>> server.  I did  the configuration 2 yr ago on a clark-connect server.
>>> To get a vary basic working nagios I simply followed the default
>>> settings. I have installed nagios; created htpasswd file and then
>>> started nagios3. ( NO error from "nagios3 -v nagios.cfg ). But after
>>> successfully authentication ( by htpassd file ) nagios reports
>>>
>>> ``````````````````````````````
>>> *Error: Could not read object configuration data!
>>> `````````````````````````````````
>>>
>>> Though the basic localhost cfg file is already there at
>>> /etc/nagios3/conf.d/   and it is already included at nagios.cfg  as
>>>
>>> cfg_dir=/etc/nagios3/conf.d
>>>
>>> Any clue please ?
>>> *
>>>     
>>>       
>> I'm no Nagios guru, just a novice nagios user.
>> But I've gotten that error message when I've had permission issues.
>>
>>
>> /Joseph
>>
>>   
>>     
>
> Hello Joseph,
>
> Thanks for your response.  Your assumption is correct. I have configured
> apache here to run as wwwrun:www which is different from the debian
> default settings www-data:www-data.  I have purged nagios3 and install
> it again and catched the information as below
>
> ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
> chown: invalid group: `nagios:www-data'
> dpkg: error processing nagios3-common (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nagios3:
>  nagios3 depends on nagios3-common (= 3.0.6-4~lenny2); however:
>   Package nagios3-common is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing nagios3 (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  nagios3-common
>  nagios3
> ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
>
> So nagios-common is not configured properly and the permission problem
> is there. Any idea to cope with this issue ?
>
> Thanks
>
>   

I have fixed it.  The  trick was I restored the debian default apache
user:group combination as www-data:www-data and restarted apache. Then I
installed nagios3 and the dpkg was happy to see the debian-ins apache
user:group combination; Installation was complete with out any problem
and the required config file were created. Then I revert the apache
user:group combination according to my customization and restarted the
apache and nagios. Problem solved.

If anyone know any better alternative please let me know.

thanks

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA
is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your
developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay 
ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now!
http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference
_______________________________________________
Nagios-users mailing list
Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users
::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. 
::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null