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--- a/README
+++ b/README
see below. In addition, generic instructions for the GNU toolchain
can be found in the INSTALL file.
see below. In addition, generic instructions for the GNU toolchain
can be found in the INSTALL file.
-* For major changes between releases, read the CHANGES file.
+* For major changes between releases, read the NEWS file.
* For information on detailed changes that have been made or plugins
that have been added, read the Changelog file.
* For information on detailed changes that have been made or plugins
that have been added, read the Changelog file.
1) Run the configure script to initialize variables and create a Makefile, etc.
1) Run the configure script to initialize variables and create a Makefile, etc.
- ./configure --prefix=BASEDIRECTORY --with-nagios-user=SOMEUSER --with-nagios-group=SOMEGROUP --with-cgiurl=SOMEURL
+ ./configure --prefix=BASEDIRECTORY --with-cgiurl=SOMEURL
a) Replace BASEDIRECTORY with the path of the directory under which Nagios
is installed (default is '/usr/local/nagios')
a) Replace BASEDIRECTORY with the path of the directory under which Nagios
is installed (default is '/usr/local/nagios')
- b) Replace SOMEUSER with the name of a user on your system that will be
- assigned permissions to the installed plugins (default is 'nagios')
- c) Replace SOMEGRP with the name of a group on your system that will be
- assigned permissions to the installed plugins (default is 'nagios')
- d) Replace CGIURL with the path used to access the Nagios CGIs with
+ b) Replace CGIURL with the path used to access the Nagios CGIs with
a web browser (default is '/nagios/cgi-bin')
a web browser (default is '/nagios/cgi-bin')
'libexec/' subdirectory in the base directory you specified with
the --prefix argument to the configure script.
'libexec/' subdirectory in the base directory you specified with
the --prefix argument to the configure script.
+4) There are some plugins that require setuid. If you run make install as
+ a non root user, they will not be installed. To install, switch to root and
+ run:
-4) Verify that your host configuration file (hosts.cfg) for Nagios contains
+ make install-root
+
+5) Verify that your host configuration file (hosts.cfg) for Nagios contains
the correct paths to the new plugins.
the correct paths to the new plugins.
-That's it. If you have any problems or questions, feel free send mail
+That's it! If you have any problems or questions, feel free send mail
to nagiosplug-help@lists.sourceforge.net
to nagiosplug-help@lists.sourceforge.net
+LICENSE STUFF
+-------------
+
+This software is released under the GNU Public License with the additional
+exemption that compiling, linking and/or using OpenSSL is allowed.
+
+See the COPYING file for the complete GPL text.
+
--
--
-Karl DeBisschop (kdebisschop@users.sourceforge.net)
+Nagios Plugins Team