On 1/4/06, Fernando Lima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To list. > > Is it a good idea to install Nagios through RPM??? It will configure the > nagios user, nagios group (with nobody and nagios), etc? >
Yes, the nagios rpm will create the nagios user, and set up the apache environment for you. You have to add users to the htpasswd setup, or change the auth to suit your environment. I'm of the belief that you should install the software in a manner consistent with your system. If you're a debian user, install the nagios deb files, if you use an rpm based system, install nagios via rpm. This keeps a clean, consistent system, and allows you to track what package owns what files. It's not so much a nagios issue, as a system administration issue. This way when you need to do a software audit of the system to see what's on it, one command will work, rather than doing rpm -qa.... AND digging through /usr/local/ or other source build/install locations. Just my $0.02US -- Jim Perrin System Architect - UIT Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@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