Nut upsuser - Jan 2007 - question on user auth

Is user authentication ever needed for just querying variables?

My cacti script seems to be cooked, and I'm just wondering if I need to
mess with username/password stuff. Not hard but if it's not needed then
why bother...

Thanks

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2007/1/23, Eric A. Hall <ehall@ehsco.com>:
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> Is user authentication ever needed for just querying variables?
>
> My cacti script seems to be cooked, and I'm just wondering if I need to
> mess with username/password stuff. Not hard but if it's not needed then
> why bother...
simple answer: not needed.
basically, most pluggin like your cacti are upsc like client.
you can get other (cacti) example here:
http://eu1.networkupstools.org/client-projects/

Arnaud
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