How to Install Nagios on MX Gnu/Linux Easy Guide

User Setup

3. 3. Setting Up User

   After to Add nagios User and Groups
   Create the nagios User:

   sudo useradd nagios

   Make the nagios Group:

   sudo groupadd nagios

   Add the nagios user to the group:

   sudo /usr/sbin/usermod -G nagios nagios

   Create a new nagcmd group for allowing external commands to be submitted through the web interface:

   sudo groupadd nagcmd

   Add both the nagios & apache users to the Group:

   sudo usermod -a -G nagcmd nagios

   sudo usermod -a -G nagcmd www-data