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I am trying to install nagios 3 on Ubuntu 14.04.1 using How do I install nagios?

I have entered sudo apt-get install -y nagios3 followed by my password.
I then get the dialog in the link below:

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The text below "Nagios web administration password:" looks strange almost as if I have entered it (which I haven't).

The text in the screenshot also looks different to that in the guide I am following.

I don't appear to be able to enter a password into the dialog and the only keys that the dialog will respond to are the arrow keys and the enter key. I haven't experienced any other text entry problems in the terminal.

I am using kitty as my terminal emulator. Any ideas where I am going wrong?

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You could try another terminal, say xterm.

In any case, the password that is being asked here is for basic authentication via your (usually Apache) webserver. It is saved using htpasswd files, so you can set a blank password now and always set it later. Install apache2-utils, and then run:

sudo htpasswd /etc/nagios3/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin

(You can also run sudo dpkg-reconfigure nagios3-cgi, to go through the configuration steps again.)

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  • Thanks for taking the time to reply, there is some useful information there. Unfortunately the backspace key doesn't delete any thing and if I leave the passwords blank it says the passwords don't match. Oct 12, 2014 at 18:18

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