[Xymon] Unable to view xymon web pages

[Josh Luthman]

The user:group running httpd doesn't have permissions to /var/lib/hobbit/www
I expect.

name -i /var/lib/hobbit/www

Debian uses nobody for httpd, I think, so "nobody" needs to execute those
directories and read to bb.html and such.

Easiest way is to have Xymon run with the apache user, or create a group
that the two share, etc.

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373


On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Jewel Makda <
jewel.brueggeman-makda at washburn.edu> wrote:

>  I changed the first two lines in my apache2.conf file to:
>
>
> Alias /xymon/  "/var/lib/hobbit/www/"
> <Directory "/var/lib/hobbit/www/">
>
> and now I can see the home page!  But when I click on anything I get:
> *Forbidden "You don't have permission to access /hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh
> on this server"*
>
> Here is what my apache2.conf file looks like now:
>
> Alias /xymon/  "/home/xymonuser/server/www/"
> <Directory "/home/xymonuser/server/www">
>     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes MultiViews
>     Order allow,deny
>     Allow from all
> </Directory>
>
> ScriptAlias /xymon-cgi/ "/home/xymonuser/cgi-bin/"
> <Directory "/home/xymonuser/cgi-bin">
>     AllowOverride None
>     Options ExecCGI Includes
>     Order allow,deny
>     Allow from all
> </Directory>
>
> ScriptAlias /xymon-seccgi/ "/home/xymonuser/cgi-secure/"
> <Directory "/home/xymonuser/cgi-secure">
>     AllowOverride None
>     Options ExecCGI Includes
>     Order allow,deny
>     Allow from all
>
> Thanks so far so the quick and helpful response!
>
>
>
> On 9/7/2011 1:44 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
>
> Looks like Xymon is running, so that's all good.
>
> Double check to see, in apache2.conf, this:
> Alias /xymon/  "/var/lib/hobbit/www/"
>
> Next do a
> file index.html #you should see index.html: symbolic link to `bb.html'
>
> I am not sure what you mean here.
>
>
> Now do an ls -lh bb.html and make sure it isn't blank
>
> Now when you go to foobarhost.com/xymon/ (note the trailing slash) what
> page do you see?
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Jewel Makda <
> jewel.brueggeman-makda at washburn.edu> wrote:
>
>>  I appended the xymon-apache.conf to the end of the apache2.conf file.
>> When I run a netstat -an | grep 1984 I get the following:
>> tcp  0  0  0.0.0.0:1984          0.0.0.0:*              LISTEN
>> tcp  0  0  127.0.0.1:51250   127.0.0.1:1984   TIME_WAIT
>> tcp  0  0  127.0.0.1:51251   127.0.0.1:1984   TIME_WAIT
>>
>> When I search for the bb.html file it's located in:
>> /var/lib/hobbit/www/bb.html
>> /var/lib/hobbit/www/bb2.html
>>
>>
>> On 9/7/2011 1:26 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
>>
>> You can use nano or pico as an easier file editor.
>>
>> Did you overwrite apache2.conf with xymon's xymon-apache.conf?  You are
>> supposed to append it.
>>
>> It seems xymond is running.  Do a:
>>
>> netstat -an|grep 1984
>>
>> Then look at your web files and look for bb.html and bb2.html, probably in
>> /var/html/www
>>
>> Josh Luthman
>> Office: 937-552-2340
>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> Suite 1337
>> Troy, OH 45373
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Jewel Makda <
>> jewel.brueggeman-makda at washburn.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to setup xymon on Ubuntu and for days now have not been able
>>> to get it working.  I have followed the installation steps to a "T" and have
>>> created a user called "xymonuser" for xymon.  I copied the xymon-apache.conf
>>> file to my /etc/apache2/apache2.conf and when I start the xymon.sh service
>>> as xymonuser I only see the "index/xymon" directory when I go to
>>> http://localhost/xymom/
>>>  Here are some of my one of my log files:
>>>
>>> tail /var/log/xymon/xymonlaunch.log
>>>    Cannot access checkpoint file /home/xymonuser/srver/tmp/xymond.chk for
>>> restore
>>>    Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
>>>    Cannot bind to listen socket (Address already in use)
>>>    Task xymond terminated, status 1
>>>
>>> There are errors at in my apache logs and when I start the xymon service
>>> it starts successfully.
>>>
>>> I have to say I am a newbie when it comes to linux and am still learning
>>> how to use vi.
>>>
>>> Jewel
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>
>>
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