Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of administration/cacti

Timestamp:

Apr 10, 2009, 11:45:44 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

greg

Comment:

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administration/cacti

@@ -5 +5 @@
 ''This part needs to be done only once''
 
-Create a new user named 'cacti' to run the ssh tunnels
+Create a new user on the Cacti server named 'cacti' to run the ssh tunnels
 {{{
-###create the user and home directory -m = make home directory
+###create the user and home directory. -m = make home directory
 pw useradd cacti -m
-###set the password for cacti
+###set the password for cacti and keep a safe copy.
 passwd cacti
 }}}
@@ -25 +25 @@
 Perhaps a perl or python script would be better for this.
 {{{
+###Create the file from the cacti user's home directory
+vim tunnels.sh
 ###This should be run from the cacti server logged in as the cacti user.
 #!/bin/sh
@@ -35 +37 @@
 ###ssh -N -L 16001:127.0.0.1:161 snmp@server2.remotesilverfilebox.com >> /home/cacti/tunnel.log &
 }}}
+Make the file executable
+{{{
+chmod +x tunnels.sh
+}}}
+
 
 That's it until we have a remote host to monitor.