Dear Marc, [...] >> ScriptAlias /nagios/cgi-bin /usr/lib/nagios/cgi >> <Directory "/usr/lib/nagios/cgi-bin"> >> Options ExecCGI [...] > > I believe this is your problem. If the nagios cgi's truly live in > /usr/lib/nagios/cgi, then the auth restrictions are not applied where > they're needed. You're applying them to the wrong directory, > /usr/lib/nagios/cgi-bin. > > You're being prompted to log in because the auth restrictions to the > html directory _are_ working but that doesn't matter since the CGI's, > that need to see the auth info, are in another directory.
Many thanks, whis was indeed the problem. I really didn't notice looking at the config files since, without thinking too much, both /usr/lib/nagios/cgi and /usr/lib/nagios/cgi-bin seemed reasonable. Thanks again, Matteo -- Matteo Corti ETH Zurich Informatikdienste / Basisdienste [EMAIL PROTECTED] +41 44 6327944 ------------------------------------------------------- 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://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ 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
