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Hi Guys

i was wondering what the process would be to change the nagios password within side linux i guess its configured somewhere within the nagios configuration files.

cheers

When you say Nagios password you mean the Linux Nagios user account? Or the 'nagios' user login for the app? Well here's both anyway:

Linux user:
passwd nagios
<follow the prompts>

nagios user:
htpasswd2 <path-to-password-file> nagios <new password>
The default path is /usr/local/nagios/etc/htpasswd.users

HI Mate
it was the linux user, do i need to configure the new password anywhere within the nagios configuration files for example ?

I don't think so, the nagios user should be set with "nologin", so a user wouldn't be able to log into a shell as the nagios user.