Thanks Benny, I forgot about "contact_name". If I don't specify any user in the cgi.cfg, Nagios only allows access if the user is in "contact" group or "contacts".
Thank You ! Nobuo >>Is it possible to give a user access to only one hostgroup? >> >> Someone told me that " if authentication is enabled is to only show hosts >> and services to people who are contacts on those hosts and services". >> Would somebody please give me an example of this setting? >> >> When I check the cgi.cfg file, I cannot figure out how this can be done. >> >> Thanks in Advance. >Nobuo, > If you enable authentication in cgi.cfg (use_authentication=1), >Nagios will automatically limit access to hosts and services that >the user is a contact for. > So, first you enable authentication as above. >Then, you either create a new contact group for this user, or >add them to an existing one. Once they are in a contact group, >you add that contact group to the host or service (the contact_groups >parameter). > Nagios will take care of all the rest for you. >Benny Nobuo Matsushita The Children's Hospital 720-777-8000 </pre>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail is confidential, may be legally privileged, <br> and for the intended recipient only. Access, disclosure, copying, forwarding and <br> distribution by any means is strictly prohibited. If received in error, <br> do not read but delete and e-mail confirmation to the sender. <br> ==========================================================<br><pre>
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