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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Hello,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>I have looked everywhere an</span></font><font size=1
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>d t</span></font><font
size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>rie</span></font><font
size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>d t</span></font><font
size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>o
troubleshoot this problem for the last 3 hours. Here is the error I am
getting.</span></font></p>
<h1><b><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Whoops!</span></font></b></h1>
<p><strong><b><font size=1 color=red face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:red'>Error: Could not open main config file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/cgi-cfg'
for reading!</span></font></b></strong></p>
<p><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Here
are some things you should check in order to resolve this error: </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=1
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>1.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Make sure you've installed a main config file in its
proper location. See the error message about for details on where the CGI is
expecting to fin</span></font><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>d t</span></font><font size=1 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>he configuration file. A sample
main configuration file (named <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>nagios.cfg</span></b>)
can be found in the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>sample-config/</span></b>
subdirectory of the Nagios source code distribution. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=1
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>2.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Make sure the user your web server is running as has
permission to rea</span></font><font size=1 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>d t</span></font><font size=1
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>he main config
file. </span></font></p>
<p><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Make
sure you rea</span></font><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>d t</span></font><font size=1 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>he documentation on installing and
configuring Nagios thoroughly before continuing. If all else fails, try sending
a message to one of the mailing lists. More information can be found at <a
href="http://www.nagios.org">http://www.nagios.org</a>. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>I get this when I go to my nagios site to check status and
when I click any of the links for monitoring or reporting I get this. I
have the daemon running just fine and all my services are catching things that
are wrong. What could it be?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Here is what my httpd.conf looks like.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>NameVirtualHost :80</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><VirtualHost :80></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Server</span></font><font size=1 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Admin</span></font><font size=1
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
webmaster@boredbum.com</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>DocumentRoot /usr/local/nagios/share</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>ServerName web53.paradise.net</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>ScriptAlias /nagios/cgi-bin/ /usr/local/nagios/sbin/</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><Directory "/usr/local/nagios/sbin/"></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>AllowOverride AuthConfig</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Options ExecCGI</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Order allow,deny</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Allow from all</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'></Directory></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Alias /nagios/ /usr/local/nagios/share/</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><Directory "/usr/local/nagios/share"></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Options None</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>AllowOverride AuthConfig</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Order allow,deny</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Allow from all</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'></Directory></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><Directory /usr/local/nagios/sbin></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>AllowOverride AuthConfig</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>order allow,deny</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>allow from all</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Options ExecCGI</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'></Directory></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><Directory /usr/local/nagios/share></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>AllowOverride AuthConfig</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Order allow,deny</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>allow from all</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'></Directory></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'></VirtualHost></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>I left out the namevirtual host just for privacy. I
really appreciate yalls help with this.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Jason Bartels</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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