hiding password for WMI queries

[litsupport.box]

Nagios provides a locked down file for sensitive bit lits passwords and for strings that contain illegal macro characters:

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/usr/local/nagios/etc/resource.cfg 

Create a new user macro at the bottom or resource.cfg, we will use $USER9$ and $USER10$ for this example (replace <wmi user> and <wmi pass> with the actual username and password, respectively):

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$USER9$=<wmi user>
$USER10$=<wmi pass>

Now, edit the check to use the $USER9$ and $USER10$ macros in place of the actual credentials. Restart nagios and then you should be set!

EDIT: Bandit has a better answer - listen to him, ignore me

This works now. thanks.

[sujitt]

Why not a UI for it?

[jomann]

There currently isn't a UI for it but it could possibly be a feature to be able to edit that file through the UI.