NAME

       ackinfo.cgi - Xymon CGI script to acknowledge alerts

SYNOPSIS

       ackinfo.cgi

DESCRIPTION

       ackinfo.cgi is invoked as a CGI script via the ackinfo.sh CGI wrapper.

       ackinfo.cgi  is  used  to  acknowledge  an  alert  on the Xymon "Critical Systems" view, generated by the
       criticalview.cgi(1) utility. This allows the staff viewing  the  Critical  Systems  view  to  acknowledge
       alerts with a "Level 1" alert, thereby removing the alert from the Critical Systems view.

       Note that the Level 1 alert generated by the ackinfo.cgi utility does NOT stop alerts from being sent.

       In  a  future version of Xymon (after Xymon 4.2), this utility will also be used for acknowledging alerts
       at other levels.

OPTIONS

       --level=NUMBER
              Sets the acknowledgment  level.  This  is  typically  used  to  force  a  specific  level  of  the
              acknowledgment, e.g. a level 1 acknowledge when called from the Critical Systems view.

       --validity=TIME
              Sets the validity of the acknowledgment. By default this is taken from the CGI parameters supplied
              by the user.

       --sender=STRING
              Logs STRING as the sender of the acknowledgment. By default, this is taken from the  loginname  of
              the webuser sending the acknowledgment.

       --env=FILENAME
              Loads the environment defined in FILENAME before executing the CGI script.

       --area=NAME
              Load  environment  variables  for a specific area. NB: if used, this option must appear before any
              --env=FILENAME option.

       --debug
              Enables debugging output.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       XYMONHOME
              Used to locate the template files for the generated web pages.

       QUERY_STRING
              Contains the parameters for the CGI script.

SEE ALSO

       criticalview.cgi(1), xymon(7)