Hi, as user root you can su to any other user without being requested for any passwords.
Anyway, if the nagios user has no valid shells in /etc/passwd, you won't be able to su to it even though you are root. Check the /etc/passwd, it's format is: user:1020:1025:,,,:/home/user:/bin/bash Look for user nagios and look and check for the last field, if it's anything else thane /bin/bash or /bin/sh, change to one of these values. Then, try to su to nagios again. Giorgio <quota chi="Phil Dobbin"> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, all. > > I've just installed Nagios 3.2.1-2 on GNU/Linux Debian Squeeze 6.0.4 & > it's running fine but I have a permissions problem when trying to > authenticate as the `nagios` user in order in the first instance to read > the docs on the web interface (I get a 403). > > I've tried su'ing to root then su'ing to nagios but no luck as I've no > idea what nagio's password is (I set the nagiosadmin password during > installation & that works fine for the web interface but for nothing > else). > > The only thing I can think of is chown'ing nagios's group to root but am > wary of the consequences. > > Any help appreciated. > > Cheers, > > Phil... > > - -- > But masters, remember that I am an ass. > Though it be not written down, > yet forget not that I am an ass. > > Wm. Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) > Comment: §auto-key-locate cert pka ldap hkp://keys.gnupg.net > Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPeCtoAAoJEKpMeDHWT5ADhy0IALAYm4/lX5wLTxhVr7O6WQdk > m25suWLCg/0+D5zGpO6x1dqL9yTqJrVSDtfbN7yeznLi9GAv/fRr1xo7ihP48Je9 > eGfckD72pGgALos0epM4Qr2brPU3pyoZTawpg1GUnCmjR7chROGJujKsMWIEzOPZ > jRKwi61Etl0qVloanX/4ExzRQ9yQ3udi2T/Rh2c1fRtB6QjL3qI6OZZ7aSw6/bKI > uyrCSsMar2D3OzqXZRhLpMmBhhfVgRBKpNdGK/vJSBVel93R/b6BDek0L52Q7ozu > 1Uc2HkZgdkfTFTj8do7z8VpeRNZwnzl0rohalaZTqqa3CPIsZkJFLjnAimHkzDU= > =Hn9p > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF email is sponsosred by: > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _______________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ 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
