Re: [Nagios-users] External Commands not working

[Patrick M. <pat...@hp...>]

Hi Justin!

> My external commands are not working.  Can someone provide assistance?
>  
> Below is some of my cgi.cfg info:
>  
> cgi.cfg
> nagios_check_command=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nagios /usr/local/nagios/var/status.dat 5 '/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios'
> use_authentication=1
> authorized_for_system_commands=nagiosadmin
>  
> And my nagios.cfg is set to check for external commands.

What happens when you try?  Any errors in the browser?

What are the permissions on your command file, and is the file writeable
by the user your webservers runs as?