[monit] Re: httpd authentication question

[Martin Pala]

Yes, monit reads the configuration from file and it requires strict  
permissions on this file so it is readable only by owner.

I think it could be good to introduce new command line options which  
will allow to specify username, password and port so any local user  
can run monit CLI without need to access the configuration file.

Martin


On Jun 16, 2009, at 12:15 AM, Mike Place wrote:

> I have done so but when I become the user I wish to use to invoke  
> monit I get an error indicating:
>
> 'monit: The control file '/etc/monitrc' must be owned by you.'
>
> It /etc/monitrc is owned by root, are all non-root users prohibited  
> from invoking any monit command from the command-line?
>
>
> -mp
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin Pala" <address@hidden>
> To: "Mike Place" <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 1:48:47 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
> Subject: Re: httpd authentication question
>
> No,
>
> but if you need localhost access for monit CLI commands (such as
> status, start, stop, etc.), then you can add "allow <user>:<password>"
> to monitrc and monit CLI will read and use the credentials
> automatically when talking to monit httpd.
>
> Martin
>
>
> On Jun 12, 2009, at 11:36 PM, Mike Place wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Is it possible to configure monit's HTTPD in such a way as to allow
> > localhost unauthenticated access while still forcing other host to
> > authenticate via PAM?
> >
> > -mp