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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Using the encrypted password of the shadow file Post 302818011 by SkySmart on Thursday 6th of June 2013 08:37:39 PM
Old 06-06-2013
thank you guys!

yeah file permission setting is completely out of the equation since everyone has root here. that's out of my control. but what is under my control is making sure script is inoperable unless the proper password is written.

i'm thinking, if i can grab a line from the shadow file, insert it in the nagios password file htpasswd.users and have it actually work, then i need to figure out how Nagios is doing it. surely, if nagios can do it, i can.

Last edited by SkySmart; 06-06-2013 at 09:44 PM..
 

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nagios(8)							      Nagios								 nagios(8)

NAME
Nagios - network/systems status monitoring daemon SYNOPSIS
nagios [-h] [-v] [-s] [-d] <main_config_file> DESCRIPTION
nagios is a daemon program that monitors the status of various network accessible systems, devices, and more. For more information, please consult the online documentation available at http://www.nagios.org, or on your nagios server's web page. OPTIONS
main_config_file The main configuration file. On openSUSE systems this defaults to /etc/nagios/nagios.cfg -h A helpful usage message -v Reads all data in the configuration files and performs a basic verification/sanity check. Always make sure you verify your config data before (re)starting Nagios. You can also use the Nagios init script to verify your configuration - try: rcnagios check_verbose -s Shows projected/recommended check scheduling information based on the current data in the configuration files. -d Starts Nagios in daemon mode (instead of as a foreground process). FILES
/etc/nagios Default configuration directory for nagios AUTHOR
Nagios is written and maintained by Ethan Galstad <nagios@nagios.org>. This manual page was written by sean finney <seanius@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux operating system (but it may be freely used, modified, and redistributed by others) and adapted by Lars Vogdt for openSUSE. sean finney, Lars Vogdt February 2006, May 2010 nagios(8)
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