odd permissions issue

[benhank]

hello guys,

We are having an issue in which we can successfuly do an aply cfg,but the changes dont stick.
when we use write config there is an error saying cannot open the hosts and services directories.
the two dirs perms are both 6775 and the files are 0644.
we have run fix permissions and what not.

[abrist]

Ben,
What is the error verbatim?
What are the permissions on the following directories:

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ls -lad /usr/local/nagios
ls -lad /usr/local/nagios/etc
ls -lad /usr/local/nagios/hosts
ls -lad /usr/local/nagios/services

Is your nagios account still valid?

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chage -l nagios

[benhank]

'ere yah go mon:

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Write host configurations ...
Cannot open/overwrite the host configuration files (check the permissions)!
Write service configurations ...
Cannot open/overwrite service configuration files (check the permissions)!
Configuration file: hostgroups.cfg successfully written!
Configuration file: servicegroups.cfg successfully written!
Configuration file: hosttemplates.cfg successfully written!
Configuration file: servicetemplates.cfg successfully written!
Configuration file: timeperiods.cfg successfully written!
Configuration file: commands.cfg successfully written!
Configuration file: contacts.cfg successfully written!
Configuration file: contactgroups.cfg successfully written!
Configuration file: contacttemplates.cfg successfully written!
Configuration file: servicedependencies.cfg successfully written!
Configuration file: hostdependencies.cfg successfully written!
Configuration file: serviceescalations.cfg successfully written!
Configuration file: hostescalations.cfg successfully written!
Configuration file: serviceextinfo.cfg successfully written!
Configuration file: hostextinfo.cfg successfully written!

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[abrist]

Ben,
Lets try to remove all the host and service files, and rewrite them (this may take 5-10 minutes!):

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rm -f /usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts/*
rm -f /usr/local/nagios/etc/services/*

No go to Configure --> CCM --> Tools --> Write config files. Click write, and then verify. if all is well, try to apply config again.

[benhank]

wait, you mean delete all my junk on my production machine?

[tmcdonald]

You can back it up instead of deleting it, but yes that is the fix. The CCM -> Tools -> Write button will re-write all of the configs just like an Apply Config does, and the verify will run "nagios -v" against them to check for any warnings/errors in the configs.

[lmiltchev]

Yes, that's what Andy meant.

When you apply configuration, the files will be rewritten.

If it makes you feel safer, you can move all of the configs from "hosts" and "services" directories to "/tmp/" instead of deleting them.

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cd /tmp
mkdir hosts services
mv /usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts/* /tmp/hosts/
mv /usr/local/nagios/etc/services/* /tmp/services/

[benhank]

I knew that just testin yah. you guys pass!

[lmiltchev]

Nice to hear back from you! You disappeared for a while from the forums, so we started to worry about you.

[benhank]

yeah been setting up a logstash server.