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)