<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">  <title>RE : [Nagios-users] Logged in as ? or Sorry, but you are not authorized to commit the specified command.</title> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> I already have that<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> # grep authorized_for cgi.cfg <o:p></o:p> authorized_for_system_information=nagios<o:p></o:p> authorized_for_configuration_information=nagios<o:p></o:p> authorized_for_system_commands=nagios<o:p></o:p> authorized_for_all_services=nagios<o:p></o:p> authorized_for_all_hosts=nagios<o:p></o:p> authorized_for_all_service_commands=nagios<o:p></o:p> authorized_for_all_host_commands=nagios<o:p></o:p> #<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p></o:p> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: François Laupretre [mailto:francois.laupretre-prestataire@calyon.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 9:18 AM To: 'alexus' Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE : [Nagios-users] Logged in as ? or Sorry, but you are not authorized to commit the specified command.<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> Your problem is not related to the file permissions. As Mr Gosh told you, you must be a declared contact in order to issue a command against a given object. Or you must be listed in the authorized_for_all_*_commands parameter in cgi.cfg.<o:p></o:p> If you really want nagios to issue any command, put the following lines in your cgi.cfg : <o:p></o:p> authorized_for_all_service_commands=nagios authorized_for_all_host_commands=nagios authorized_for_system_commands=nagios <o:p></o:p> > -----Original Message----- > From: alexus [<a href="mailto:tmda@alexus.org">mailto:tmda@alexus.org</a>] > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:47 PM > To: 'Subhendu Ghosh' > Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Logged in as ? or Sorry, but you > are not authorized to commit the specified command. > > > > My nagios.cmd have enough permition to be read and written by nobody > (apache) and nagios itself > > # ls -ld ~nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd > -rw-rw---- 1 nagios nobody 0 May 30 23:33 > /usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd > # ls -ld ~nagios/var/rw/ > drwsr-sr-x 2 nobody nagios 512 May 30 23:33 > /usr/local/nagios/var/rw/ # > > I loged in as "nagios" > > It is only when I confirm an actual manual commmand it > changes myself as "Logged in as ?" and "Logged in as ? or > Sorry, but you are not authorized to commit the specified command." > > at all other time it shows me "Logged in as nagios" > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Subhendu Ghosh [<a href="mailto:sghosh@sghosh.org">mailto:sghosh@sghosh.org</a>] > Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 11:56 PM > To: alexus > Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Logged in as ? or Sorry, but you > are not authorized to commit the specified command. > > > file permissions should allow the web server process to write > and nagios > process to read. > > But before the data i actually written to the cmd file, the > authentication > code checks to see if you are allowed to do so. If you are > logged in as > "?" then by default you are not allowed to send commands. > > If you want non-contacts to send commands, edit cgi.cfg and updated > "authorized_for_*_commands" > > You have to login and authenticate in the web interface > before sending > commands. > > On Mon, 30 May 2005, alexus wrote: > > > Once again.. > > > > > > > > My ~nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd > > > > > > > > I even tried with 777. didn't help. > > > > > > > > What else I can try to get it to work? Is there a way to > run nagios in > debug > > mode where I can see what is happening and where the problem is? > > > > > > > > I even tried to use user nobody to write and read from/to > that file.. > > > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > From: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Dan Davis</st1:PersonName> [<a href="mailto:hokie99cpe@gmail.com">mailto:hokie99cpe@gmail.com</a>] > > Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 9:44 PM > > To: alexus > > Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Logged in as ? or Sorry, but > you are not > > authorized to commit the specified command. > > > > > > > > all files have nagios:nagios as their ownership/group.. > > > > ~nagios have 755 nagios:nobody > > > > Maybe that? > > > > > > Everything else looks ok... and the nagios home directory is not the > problem > > in and of itself... but the nagios.cmd file needs to be writable by > > your > web > > server user. Be sure of that and you should be good to go. > > > > -Dan > > > > > > -- > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. > Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps > using Yahoo! Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! > directly into your own Applications - visit > <a href="http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-" target="_blank">http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-</a>> ostg-q22005 > > _______________________________________________ > > Nagios-users mailing list > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users" target="_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a> > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS > when reporting any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > <o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>