> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hari Sekhon > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 7:48 AM > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Nagios-users] Externals Commands > > I am having real difficulty getting external commands to work and don't > full understand what's going wrong, despite having RTFMing several times. > > As an example, I log in to the web interface as nagiosadmin via basic > apache auth successfully as usual. I go to "comments" in the left hand > pane and enter one for a host but when I click submit, I get the error: > > > "Sorry, but you are not authorized to commit the specified command. > Read the section of the documentation that deals with authentication and > authorization in the CGIs for more information. > > Return from whence you came" <javascript:window.history.go(-2)>
> The apache process is run by the apache user, a member of the apache > group, so has full perms to the directory and the pipe file nagios.cmd. > Nagios is run by nagios who is also a member of the apache group. > > This all looks as it should be according to the docs as far as I can see. > > > What am I missing? Who does nagios see you logged in as? It will be displayed in the upper left of every page. If it's '?', verify your htaccess configuration for the nagios/sbin directory. -- marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ 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