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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.
-* 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.
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')
- 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')
'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.
-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
+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