X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?p=nagiosplug.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=b06d5b5d8ced7714fd507c0f617e3ffbcb1e3a04;hp=5f305b96696dcb97e7e6f4e6334024373cfe2f88;hb=5ebe25fc24d33cf2d7b46fce9e746a58e0115010;hpb=051f911b30869807c6b8016477df8ab65a3b0009 diff --git a/README b/README index 5f305b9..b06d5b5 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Nagios Plugins 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. @@ -60,15 +60,11 @@ Nagios Plugins Quick-and-Dirty Installation Instructions 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') @@ -85,17 +81,30 @@ Nagios Plugins Quick-and-Dirty Installation Instructions '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