I have a ftp server set it up with Active Directory access. Now I would like to set it up securely through Cop SSH. How do I need to set it up so it allows to asses anyone from Active Directory??? Thank you....

Do you wonder if it is possible to implement Active Directory based single sign-on for Nagios ? The answer is yes. Many sysadmins and users would be interested in an integrated environment, where the users are prompted for credentials only once during their initial logon.

Many Nagios users have access to Active Directory as the main directory service provider. Therefore, it's a tempting idea to make an integration between those two systems for more simplified and centralized administration. The recipe below has been implemented successfully on a Fedora 6 system with Apache 2:

The script below can be used to create a text file containing e-mail addresses from Active directory. You can then pick up that file on your mail gateway and use it as a source for valid recipients (via http protocol for example). Sure, you can also contact AD directly every time you need a recipient check. However, this may be a resource intensive task for larger environments and firewall arrangements for AD access can be a security issue.