This is standard stuff in Nagios. Usually the password is stored in a
macro which you define in the resource.cfg file, for example:
$USER3$=trustnoone
Then you can refer to the macro name in your service or command
definitions for example:
define service{
use
Looking for info on how passwords are handled in configuration files. I
would preferably source them from a hidden file and then insert them via
macros into the nagios config. Has anyone done this (or similar)? I like
having my configuration files checked-in to a code repo but obviously don't
