This describes how this was fixed in nagios 4.3.0 upstream: https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/issues/303#issuecomment-305149033
** Bug watch added: github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/issues #303 https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/issues/303 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1690380 Title: "Cannot open log file '/var/log/nagios3/nagios.log' for reading" error from nagios web UI when view alert history etc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nagios3/+bug/1690380/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
