On Sat, 2 May 2009 10:46:52 +0530, Jimmyboy <jimmyjose2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi, > >After installing Nagios 3.0.6, I login to the web interface using >http://localhost/nagios. >When I attempt to restart the Nagios service using 'Process Info', the error >thrown is as seen below. > >=-=-= >Error: Could not open command file '/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd' for >update! > >The permissions on the external command file and/or directory may be >incorrect. Read the FAQs on how to setup proper permissions. > >An error occured while attempting to commit your command for processing. > >*Return from whence you came >*=-=-= > >I checked the directory permissions and here is the output. > >*Output of 'ls -al /usr/local/nagios/var'* >drwxrwsr-x 2 nagios nagcmd 4096 2009-04-18 07:25 rw > >*Output of 'ls -al /usr/local/nagios/var/rw'* >prw-rw---- 1 nagios nagcmd 14049 2009-04-18 07:25 nagios.cmd >=-=-= > >Any idea what else need to be done? What user is your web server running as? Going to assume something like www-data, or apache. In either case, the above permissions wouldn't allow for access. You could add your webserver user into the nagcmd group to get permissions. -- Jonathan Angliss <j...@netdork.net> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ 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