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Hobbit MRTG integrqation
by arun.nale＠tcs.com 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Guys, Anybody knows about the problem below ----- Forwarded by Arun Nale/MUM/TCS on 09/13/2005 08:10 AM ----- arun.nale at tcs.com 09/12/2005 08:39 AM Please respond to hobbit at hswn.dk To hobbit at hswn.dk cc Subject [hobbit] Hobbit MRTG integrqation Hi Henrik, I am getting following error in the mrtg.log while integrating mrtg within trends as specified in the hobbit help page. http://localhost/hobbit/help/hobbit-mrtg.html ERROR: writing /usr/local/mrtg/router.ok.ok: Permission denied at /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/../lib/mrtg2/MRTG_lib.pm line 1438 Pl. help If i execute the CMD env LANG=C /usr/local/mrtg/bin/mrtg --lock-file /var/log/hobbit/mrtg.lock /usr/local/mrtg/router.cfg as root there is no error. thanks Arun Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you ForwardSourceID:NT0000A582 Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you

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Mulitiple client sessions
by craig＠cookitservices.com 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

runclient.sh "start") $BASEDIR/bin/hobbitlaunch --config=$BASEDIR/etc/clientlaunch.cfg --log=$BASEDIR/logs/clientlaunch.log --pidfile=$BASEDIR/logs/clientlaunch.pid ;; This seems to start multiple client sessions, even if the client is currently running... (Given my proposed change to hobbitlaunch.cfg CMD /home/hobbit/client/runclient.sh start restarting hobbit.sh results in multiple client sessions) The current CMD /home/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient.sh Does not seem to execute extra client commands, since it does not use "--config=$BASEDIR/etc/clientlaunch.cfg" Craig Cook -- Systems Monitoring Consulting and Support Services http://www.cookitservices.com

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Client execution changes?
by craig＠cookitservices.com 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

hobbitlaunch.cfg contains this: [hobbitclient] ENVFILE /home/hobbit/client/etc/hobbitclient.cfg NEEDS hobbitd CMD /home/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient.sh LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitclient.log INTERVAL 5m The actual client contains this file "runclient.sh" They almost do the same thing... Should the hobbitlaunch.cfg be changed to simply execute the "runclient.sh" and use whatever settings has been defined in that file? Maybe add this to runclient.sh as well... "restart") if test -s $BASEDIR/logs/clientlaunch.pid then $0 stop sleep 10 $0 start else echo "clientlaunch does not appear to be running, starting it" $0 start fi ;; Thanks Craig Cook -- Systems Monitoring Consulting and Support Services http://www.cookitservices.com

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custom smtp test
by matti＠saffron.net 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

I'd like to test sending a message to a null address via SMTP. I tried to do by adding the following test to bb-services and bb-hosts: [send] send "ehlo\r\nmail from: <hobbit at foo.com>\r\nrcpt to: <null at bar.com>\r\ndata\r\n.\r\nquit\r\n" expect "250 Accepted message" options banner port 25 Lo, a send column appeared. It's acting funny, though. The messages are definitely getting sent, but the status stays yellow, and the only output it captures is "220 bar.com ESMTP". Is this a silly way to do such a test? Does Hobbit time out too rapidly to see the rest of the output? I looked through the code for bbtest-net, but I'm not good enough at select loops to figure out what it's doing. Thanks, Matti

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Feature on Report
by rower.master＠gmail.com 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

Hi friends, I would like to suggest a feature for the Great Hobbit Monitor! It's possible to implement in the bb-replog.sh report where is the SLA availability show the period defined in the bb-hosts? And in The table list of the events, separate into 2 tables , the events into the period and outside from the SLA period? Best regards, Mario.

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devfs on FBSD
by toaster＠imber.com 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

I installed 4.1.1 and I am getting paged for the devfs filesystem being over 95%. How do I configure it so that this does not trip the hobbit? I mean not by tweaking the hobbit-alerts.cfg :) Also, I get a white smiley face for log data. "No log data" Is there another configure change needed as well? devfs 1.0k 1.0k 0B 100% /dev Thanks! Lee

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[hobbit] Language conflict in fstab
by kiki＠mpgabi2004.de 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

Hi Christian, On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 11:30:19AM +0200, Christian Schlüter wrote: > > Hobbit reports the following error message: > > Expected string (Capacity and Mounted) not found in df output header > > Dateisystem kByte belegt verfügbar Kapazität Eingehängt auf Add this at the top of the client/hobbitclient.sh script: # Must make sure the commands return standard (english) texts. LANG=C export LANG The next release has this already. Regards, Henrik --- My Snapshot-version (dated on 9.9.) already has this entry but it doesn't work. I tried manually to set LANG=C and run df -k but the header was still in german.... regards Christian

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SIP & VoIP
by Gerard＠ets.biz 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

Hi All, Has anyone looked into testing SIP/VoIP devices? (handsets, gateways, etc) I haven't seen it mentioned yet, and it's something I will need to consider in the not too distant future (as I'm sure many others will too)! I expect to get a call about it one day, so I am hoping Hobbit will have a place monitoring this too. -Gerard Lill

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Invalid client message
by kiki＠mpgabi2004.de 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

The hobbitd section reports the following status message: Latest errormessages: Invalid client message - blank hostname Now I would like to see the IP of the server sending this invalid client message to solve the Problem. In general the IP-Adresses of the senders should be checked by comparing it with a nslookup of the hostname, because it's a security issue when any host can send the reports for another host (It works - I just tried!) which could be damaged without that the HobbitMon notices it... Thanks an regards Christian

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Language conflict in fstab
by kiki＠mpgabi2004.de 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

Hello Henrik! Hobbit reports the following error message: Expected string (Capacity and Mounted) not found in df output header Dateisystem kByte belegt verfügbar Kapazität Eingehängt auf The Hobbit monitor doesn't unterstand the german output of the fstab. I think this problem will also appear on other located versions. Is there any possibility to avoid this problem or have I to wait for a future release fixing that bug?! Thanks in advance and best regards Christian

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