<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2656.60"> <TITLE>RE : [Nagios-users] Logged in as ? or Sorry, but you are not authorized to commit the specified command.</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> 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. If you really want nagios to issue any command, put the following lines in your cgi.cfg : authorized_for_all_service_commands=nagios authorized_for_all_host_commands=nagios authorized_for_system_commands=nagios > -----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: Dan Davis [<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 > </BODY> </HTML>