WMI username passowrd

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srisurya
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WMI username passowrd

Post by srisurya »

I have seen post about WMI wizard not hiding the password, but I couldnt find the right answer for that. How do we hide the password ?
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mcapra
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Re: WMI username passowrd

Post by mcapra »

You can hide the password by putting the credentials in a flat-file and having the check_wmi_plus.pl plugin assess the credentials that way (via the -A parameter or with the "Auth File" field in the wizard) rather than doing it in-line.

The authentication file itself isn't encrypted/obfuscated in any way, it just removes the credentials from the Nagios XI interface or in the CLI commands executed on the back-end:

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username=Administrator
password=verysecret
domain=LENUX
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srisurya
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Re: WMI username passowrd

Post by srisurya »

WMI doesnt work for account that has special password in it ? it throws login error
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Re: WMI username passowrd

Post by avandemore »

Please show the service definition and the output from Run Check Command.
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