When I checked the /var/log/cron file, NOW we are getting somewhere ... It looks like we are getting the following error, the first instance of which started on JUN 26, about the time I changed the NagiosXI root password. The last successful perf graph was at 17:44, and the the error appears in the cron log at 18:25, and that was the moment all of our graphs died.
Jun 26 18:25:01 localhost crond[8325]: (root) PAM ERROR (Permission denied)
Jun 26 18:25:01 localhost crond[8325]: (root) FAILED to authorize user with PAM (Permission denied)
Casa-212 Trunk dead after access.conf changes.PNG
I also modified /etc/security/access.conf to deny root access from any sources not within our internal management network. Consequently, I commented out the line which gives root access to cron. I wasn't aware of the cron / mrtg relationship and the necessity for root access to cron until reading your thread.
Are you able to provide an example of an appropriate /etc/security/access.conf file which will accomplish the following:
1. allow nagios / mrtg to do what it needs with the least necessary privilege
2. restrict all other root access not needed
The default NagiosXI .OVA template has SSH / TTY access open to the world which we need to squelch, but in a way that doesn't break Nagios reporting. I took the following approach, which didnt work:
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# User "root" should get access from network 192.168.201.
# This term will be evaluated by string matching.
# comment: It might be better to use network/netmask instead.
# The same is 192.168.201.0/24 or 192.168.201.0/255.255.255.0
+:root:192.168.201.
#
# User "root" should be denied to get access from all other sources.
-:root:ALL
I am going to re-enable root access to cron by adding this to the access.conf:
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# User "root" should be allowed to get access via cron .. tty5 tty6.
+:root:cron crond :0 tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 tty5 tty6
Here is the output from the /var/log/cron which clued me in on all of this ...
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Jun 26 18:14:01 localhost CROND[20672]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/snmptt_service_results.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/snmptt_service_results.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:15:01 localhost CROND[26419]: (root) CMD (LANG=C LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg --lock-file /var/lib/mrtg/mrtg.lock --confcache-file /var/lib/mrtg/mrtg.ok --user=nagios --group=nagios --user=nagios --group=nagios)
Jun 26 18:15:01 localhost CROND[26421]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/reportengine.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:15:01 localhost CROND[26420]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/snmptt_service_results.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/snmptt_service_results.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:15:01 localhost CROND[26424]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/deadpool.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:15:01 localhost CROND[26427]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/sysstat.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:15:01 localhost CROND[26422]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/perfdataproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:15:01 localhost CROND[26426]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cmdsubsys.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:15:01 localhost CROND[26436]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/feedproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:15:01 localhost CROND[26437]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/nom.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:15:01 localhost CROND[26432]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/eventman.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:15:01 localhost CROND[26434]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cleaner.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:15:01 localhost CROND[26435]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/event_handler.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:15:01 localhost CROND[26433]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/dbmaint.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:16:01 localhost CROND[31655]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/deadpool.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:16:01 localhost CROND[31671]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/feedproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:16:01 localhost CROND[31672]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/perfdataproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:16:01 localhost CROND[31674]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/reportengine.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:16:01 localhost CROND[31677]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/nom.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:16:01 localhost CROND[31679]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/eventman.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:16:01 localhost CROND[31680]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/event_handler.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:16:01 localhost CROND[31683]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/sysstat.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:16:01 localhost CROND[31685]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/snmptt_service_results.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/snmptt_service_results.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:16:01 localhost CROND[31684]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cleaner.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:16:01 localhost CROND[31688]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cmdsubsys.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:17:01 localhost CROND[4760]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/eventman.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:17:01 localhost CROND[4761]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/nom.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:17:01 localhost CROND[4762]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/deadpool.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:17:01 localhost CROND[4766]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/event_handler.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:17:01 localhost CROND[4765]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/sysstat.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:17:01 localhost CROND[4768]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/perfdataproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:17:01 localhost CROND[4769]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cmdsubsys.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:17:01 localhost CROND[4774]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/reportengine.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:17:01 localhost CROND[4773]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cleaner.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:17:01 localhost CROND[4776]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/feedproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:17:01 localhost CROND[4775]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/snmptt_service_results.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/snmptt_service_results.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:18:01 localhost CROND[9685]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/snmptt_service_results.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/snmptt_service_results.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:18:01 localhost CROND[9687]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cmdsubsys.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:18:01 localhost CROND[9688]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/deadpool.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:18:01 localhost CROND[9689]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/reportengine.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:18:01 localhost CROND[9691]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/nom.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:18:01 localhost CROND[9692]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/event_handler.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:18:01 localhost CROND[9697]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cleaner.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:18:01 localhost CROND[9698]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/eventman.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:18:01 localhost CROND[9700]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/feedproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:18:01 localhost CROND[9703]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/perfdataproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:18:01 localhost CROND[9707]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/sysstat.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:19:01 localhost CROND[14706]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/snmptt_service_results.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/snmptt_service_results.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:19:01 localhost CROND[14707]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/event_handler.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:19:01 localhost CROND[14711]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/deadpool.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:19:01 localhost CROND[14709]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/feedproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:19:01 localhost CROND[14710]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/perfdataproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:19:01 localhost CROND[14715]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cmdsubsys.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:19:01 localhost CROND[14716]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/sysstat.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:19:01 localhost CROND[14719]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/reportengine.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:19:01 localhost CROND[14722]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cleaner.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:19:01 localhost CROND[14720]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/eventman.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:19:01 localhost CROND[14723]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/nom.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:20:01 localhost CROND[19948]: (root) CMD (LANG=C LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg --lock-file /var/lib/mrtg/mrtg.lock --confcache-file /var/lib/mrtg/mrtg.ok --user=nagios --group=nagios --user=nagios --group=nagios)
Jun 26 18:20:01 localhost CROND[19949]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib64/sa/sa1 1 1)
Jun 26 18:20:01 localhost CROND[19951]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/feedproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:20:01 localhost CROND[19950]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/snmptt_service_results.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/snmptt_service_results.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:20:01 localhost CROND[19953]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/event_handler.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:20:01 localhost CROND[19952]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/reportengine.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:20:01 localhost CROND[19954]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cleaner.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:20:01 localhost CROND[19955]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/dbmaint.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/dbmaint.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:20:01 localhost CROND[19966]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cmdsubsys.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:20:01 localhost CROND[19965]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/sysstat.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:20:01 localhost CROND[19961]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/eventman.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:20:01 localhost CROND[19967]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/nom.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:20:01 localhost CROND[19964]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/deadpool.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:20:01 localhost CROND[19968]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/perfdataproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:21:01 localhost CROND[23763]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/deadpool.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:21:01 localhost CROND[23765]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/snmptt_service_results.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/snmptt_service_results.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:21:01 localhost CROND[23767]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/nom.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:21:01 localhost CROND[23769]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/feedproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:21:01 localhost CROND[23771]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/sysstat.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:21:02 localhost CROND[23782]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/event_handler.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:21:02 localhost CROND[23783]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cmdsubsys.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:21:02 localhost CROND[23780]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/perfdataproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:21:02 localhost CROND[23784]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cleaner.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:21:02 localhost CROND[23781]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/reportengine.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:21:02 localhost CROND[23787]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/eventman.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:22:01 localhost CROND[27357]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/perfdataproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:22:01 localhost CROND[27358]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/event_handler.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:22:01 localhost CROND[27359]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/feedproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:22:01 localhost CROND[27361]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cleaner.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:22:01 localhost CROND[27366]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cmdsubsys.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:22:01 localhost CROND[27371]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/sysstat.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:22:01 localhost CROND[27365]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/snmptt_service_results.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/snmptt_service_results.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:22:01 localhost CROND[27368]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/nom.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:22:01 localhost CROND[27370]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/reportengine.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:22:01 localhost CROND[27372]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/deadpool.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:22:01 localhost CROND[27369]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/eventman.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:23:01 localhost CROND[31012]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/deadpool.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:23:01 localhost CROND[31013]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/feedproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:23:01 localhost CROND[31014]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/sysstat.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:23:01 localhost CROND[31020]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/reportengine.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:23:01 localhost CROND[31021]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/eventman.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:23:01 localhost CROND[31023]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/perfdataproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:23:01 localhost CROND[31019]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/snmptt_service_results.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/snmptt_service_results.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:23:01 localhost CROND[31024]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/event_handler.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:23:01 localhost CROND[31016]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cleaner.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:23:01 localhost CROND[31022]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/nom.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:23:01 localhost CROND[31026]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cmdsubsys.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:24:01 localhost CROND[3086]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/eventman.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/eventman.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:24:01 localhost CROND[3088]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/snmptt_service_results.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/snmptt_service_results.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:24:01 localhost CROND[3089]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/feedproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/feedproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:24:01 localhost CROND[3091]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/nom.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:24:01 localhost CROND[3096]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cleaner.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cleaner.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:24:01 localhost CROND[3099]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/event_handler.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/event_handler.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:24:01 localhost CROND[3093]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/sysstat.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/sysstat.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:24:01 localhost CROND[3098]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/deadpool.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:24:01 localhost CROND[3097]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/perfdataproc.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/perfdataproc.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:24:01 localhost CROND[3094]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/reportengine.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/reportengine.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:24:01 localhost CROND[3100]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/cmdsubsys.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/cmdsubsys.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:25:01 localhost crond[8325]: (root) PAM ERROR (Permission denied)
Jun 26 18:25:01 localhost crond[8325]: (root) FAILED to authorize user with PAM (Permission denied)
Jun 26 18:25:01 localhost CROND[8338]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/snmptt_service_results.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/snmptt_service_results.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:25:01 localhost CROND[8341]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/deadpool.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/deadpool.log 2>&1)
Jun 26 18:25:01 localhost CROND[8344]: (nagios) CMD (/usr/bin/php -q /usr/local/nagiosxi/cron/nom.php >> /usr/local/nagiosxi/var/nom.log 2>&1)
I don't think posting the .rrd file will be necessary, since I am pretty sure things will start working again once root has regained access to cron. Will report back with findings in approx 30 minutes.
THANK YOU so much for pointing me int he right direction!!! It would be wonderful if Nagios could publish a post-installation hardening guide to take care of basic server hardening while giving consideration to Nagios inherent services (mrtg, MySQL, etc.)
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