Error: Could not stat() command file nagios.cmd

[jim]

Good Folks,

I have a question on how to resolve the following error:

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Error: Could not stat() command file '/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd'!

The external command file may be missing, Nagios may not be running, and/or Nagios may not be checking external commands.

An error occurred while attempting to commit your command for processing.

I don't want to disable SELINUX as that is what said in general as I believe it is a security risk to disable it.

Furthermore here is the information which is required to troubleshoot the issue.

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[root@puppet local]# ls -l /usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd 
prw-rw----. 1 nagios nagcmd 0 Jul  9 19:43 /usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd
[root@puppet local]# ls -l /usr/local/nagios/var/rw/
total 0
prw-rw----. 1 nagios nagcmd 0 Jul  9 19:43 nagios.cmd
srw-rw----. 1 nagios nagcmd 0 Jul  9 19:43 nagios.qh
[root@puppet local]# ls -ld /usr/local/nagios/var/rw/
drwxrwsr-x. 2 nagios nagcmd 4096 Jul  9 19:43 /usr/local/nagios/var/rw/
[root@puppet local]# grep nag /etc/group
nagios:x:492:nagios
nagcmd:x:501:apache
[root@puppet local]# 

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[root@puppet etc]# cat cgi.cfg |grep authorized
authorized_for_system_information=nagios
authorized_for_configuration_information=nagios
authorized_for_system_commands=nagios
authorized_for_all_services=nagios
authorized_for_all_hosts=nagios
authorized_for_all_service_commands=nagios
authorized_for_all_host_commands=nagios
#authorized_for_read_only=user1,user2
[root@puppet etc]# 

Let me know if you need any further information.

Regards,
Jim

[jim]

Any update ? as I only see disabling SELINUX as the only viable solution. Disabling SELINUX is a security risk.

[Box293]

Do these articles help?

https://support.nagios.com/forum/viewto ... 21&p=49309

https://fportase.wordpress.com/selinux- ... x-enabled/

[jim]

Nope, Better article I think is this:
http://markelov.org/wiki/index.php/Nagios_and_SELinux

Doesn't work for me. What I do understand from CentOS is they recommend installing it with yum package. However that is old nagios (3.5). Compiling from source gives 4.1.1

I really want this to work but without disabling SELINUX............ I am stuck and thinking that I should disable SELINUX....

[tmcdonald]

Try disabling SELinux for just a moment and see if the error goes away. If it does, you can re-enable SELinux and configure it as needed:

https://access.redhat.com/documentation ... ors_Guide/