<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/1.0.2"> </HEAD> <BODY> Thanks for your response. I was looking to solve this trouble, and didn't find how to solve it into the documentation. I works very fine for me, on a RH 7.3 -Pascal Le ven 15/11/2002 à 22:11, Carroll, Jim P [Contractor] a écrit : <BLOCKQUOTE> <PRE>That should work, but I think the docs suggest the following: - create the group nagiocmd (note that it's not 'nagioscmd') - add the username that Apache runs under to that group - 'chgrp nagiocmd /usr/local/nagios/var/rw' - 'chmod g+s /usr/local/nagios/var/rw' Restart nagios, and you should be good to go. If Apache still balks, give it a restart, too. jc > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin L. Papendick [mailto:papendick@nexserver.com] > Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 2:36 PM > To: chris.jacob@apropos.com > Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Help Please > > > Chris, > > I'm fairly new to this, so you will probably get better answers from > others. When I was having this problem it was because the > web server > runs as nobody|nogroup and the directory (in your case > /usr/local/nagios/var/rw) was either root|root or nagios|nagios (I > believe the later). I chmod g+s on the directory and chgrp > nogroup on > it also. After that I could ACK and such without a problem. > > -klp > > Christopher Jacob wrote: > > >I seem to have things set up for the most part, but when > ever I try any > >commands from the web interface (clear and alarm, etc.) I get the > >following... > > > >---- > > > >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 occurred while attempting to commit your command for > >processing. > > > >---- > > > >I have followed the doc step by step in the "External Command File > >Permissions" section, but to now avail. I have even tried giving > >everyone full access to the file, but nothing seems to work. > > > >I know this is petty, but any help would be appreciated. > > > > > >Thanks > > > >Chris > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >This sf.net email is sponsored by: To learn the basics of securing > >your web site with SSL, click here to get a FREE TRIAL of a Thawte > >Server Certificate: http://www.gothawte.com/rd524.html > >_______________________________________________ > >Nagios-users mailing list > >Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > > > > > > > > -- > ******************************** > Kevin L. Papendick > Programmer Analyst > Nexserver, Inc. > www.nexserver.com > papendick@nexserver.com > (v) 716-655-9968 > (f) 716-655-9982 > ******************************** > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: To learn the basics of securing > your web site with SSL, click here to get a FREE TRIAL of a Thawte > Server Certificate: http://www.gothawte.com/rd524.html > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: To learn the basics of securing your web site with SSL, click here to get a FREE TRIAL of a Thawte Server Certificate: http://www.gothawte.com/rd524.html _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <A HREF="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</A> <BLOCKQUOTE> <PRE></PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>