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Hi Guys,

When I try setting up a scheduled downtime I am getting this. Can a quick fix be supplied asap. As this will be disastrous for us.

External Command Interface
Last Updated: Sun Aug 21 14:01:55 BST 2011
Nagios® Core™ 3.2.3 - www.nagios.org
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Sorry, but you are not authorized to commit the specified command.

Read the section of the documentation that deals with authentication and authorization in the CGIs for more information.

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Just to add I have tried with the default nagioadmin and other user accounts but no difference

Cgi.conf for you:


# MODIFIED
default_statusmap_layout=6


# UNMODIFIED
action_url_target=_blank
authorized_for_all_host_commands=nagiosadmin,nagiosadmin,arnab.roy,don.dyer,arnab.roy,don.dyer
authorized_for_all_hosts=nagiosadmin,nagiosadmin,arnab.roy,don.dyer,arnab.roy,andy.brimson,don.dyer,jolanta.tkacz,buddhi.asanka,gareth.trollip,guy.jermany,matt.ashman,sales
authorized_for_all_service_commands=nagiosadmin,nagiosadmin,arnab.roy,don.dyer,arnab.roy,don.dyer
authorized_for_all_services=nagiosadmin,nagiosadmin,arnab.roy,don.dyer,arnab.roy,andy.brimson,don.dyer,jolanta.tkacz,buddhi.asanka,gareth.trollip,guy.jermany,matt.ashman,sales
authorized_for_configuration_information=nagiosadmin,nagiosadmin,arnab.roy,don.dyer,arnab.roy,andy.brimson,don.dyer,jolanta.tkacz,buddhi.asanka,gareth.trollip,guy.jermany,matt.ashman,sales
authorized_for_system_commands=nagiosadmin,nagiosadmin,arnab.roy,don.dyer,arnab.roy,don.dyer
authorized_for_system_information=nagiosadmin,nagiosadmin,arnab.roy,don.dyer,arnab.roy,don.dyer
default_statuswrl_layout=4
escape_html_tags=1
lock_author_names=1
main_config_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
notes_url_target=_blank
physical_html_path=/usr/local/nagios/share
ping_syntax=/bin/ping -n -U -c 5 $HOSTADDRESS$
refresh_rate=90
show_context_help=0
url_html_path=/nagios
use_authentication=1
use_pending_states=1
use_ssl_authentication=0

Ok found the problem, was trying with wrong host name, very misleading error message though..!

Glad it was easy-ish fix, I can see how that error message is confusing, thanks for letting use know the break/fix.