Nagios XI admin password changed web GUI

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Naveed
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Nagios XI admin password changed web GUI

Post by Naveed »

I want to change the nagios xi admin password for logged in from web GUI

I did th following but no luck so far, new password has been set from cmd but not effecting.

htpasswd -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin

service httpd restart

Please guide.

Thanks
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mcapra
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Re: Nagios XI admin password changed web GUI

Post by mcapra »

The htpasswd file doesn't bear any weight on Nagios XI logins. We have a script for resetting the nagiosadmin password located here: /usr/local/nagiosxi/scripts/reset_nagiosadmin_password.php

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[root@xi-stable ~]# /usr/local/nagiosxi/scripts/reset_nagiosadmin_password.php
Nagios XI Admin Password Reset Tool
Copyright (c) 2016 Nagios Enterprises, LLC

Usage: /usr/local/nagiosxi/scripts/reset_nagiosadmin_password.php --password=<newpassword>

Resets password used to login to the Nagios XI interface as the nagiosadmin user.
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Naveed
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Re: Nagios XI admin password changed web GUI

Post by Naveed »

Thanks,

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rkennedy
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Re: Nagios XI admin password changed web GUI

Post by rkennedy »

Will do!

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