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getcwd cannot access parent directories
by bill.hart＠burkecorp.com 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

Hello all, I recently had the opportunity to re-install my hobbit server on FC6. As usual, this led me to exploring more features of Hobbit, and updating the clients to the full 4.2 release as well. After I got the server up, and possibly after the client was updated, this error started showing up in the log file on an RHEL AS3 server: shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory There is no time stamp on it, so I can't tell if it's before or after the clientupdate happened or not, but it does happen every 5 minutes, which is when the client would be reporting in. We have 2 other servers that are also RHEL AS3 on the same hardware with similar installs, and they are not exhibiting this behavior. I checked the archives and there was a thread about a year ago about this happening on Debian, but I didn't see any real resolution, just that the client worked but kicked up the error (which is what we're seeing). Does anyone have any suggestions or tips ? Thanks, Bill Hart Computer Support Supervisor Burke Corporation

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Suggestions -- New Implementer
by jkwade＠futurefrontiers.com 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

Hello All, I've just moved over my Big Brother monitoring to Hobbit and I'm looking for suggestions for the files, ports, and procs category. Are there any default recommendations? Thanks..James

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Big Brother to Hobbit vmstat, iostat, netstat purple
by jkwade＠futurefrontiers.com 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

I've converted over from Big Brother to Hobbit. How do I get rid of my vmstat, iostat, netstat on the columns? I did have larrd running which put the columns on the main page. Thanks.James

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bbcombotest considers BLUE as down
by frederic.mangeant＠steria.com 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

Hi Henrik bbcombotest considers that green, yellow and clear are the only colors showing a "up" status. I needed to consider also blue as up, so I've modified bbdisplay/bbcombotest.cfg like that : --- bbcombotest.c.old 2006-11-08 08:56:19.000000000 +0100 +++ bbcombotest.c 2006-11-08 08:56:48.000000000 +0100 @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ } if (*color == -1) return -1; - else return ( (*color == COL_GREEN) || (*color == COL_YELLOW) || (*color == COL_CLEAR) ); + else return ( (*color == COL_GREEN) || (*color == COL_YELLOW) ||(*color == COL_BLUE) || (*color == COL_CLEAR) ); } Maybe this could be an option ? Something like running bbcombotest with the "--okcolors=green,clear,blue" option ? Regards, -- Frédéric Mangeant Steria GDU Sophia Antipolis

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[hobbit] AIX 4.3.3 going purple on netstat test after 3-5 day s
by CHRIS.MORRIS＠RWEnpower.com 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Jeff, Are you saying that on your problem clients, the command hangs and so the ~/client/tmp/msg.<hostname>.txt file doesn't get updated or that it fails to be updated at the server end? Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Newman [SMTP:jeffnewman75 at gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 2:55 PM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: [hobbit] AIX 4.3.3 going purple on netstat test after 3-5 > days > > All, > > I sent an earlier message about both 4.2.0 and 4.2.0 with the latest > patches going totally purple after 3-5 days. The process hobbit gets > hung up on is netstat -an | grep ^tcp > > I have the following settings applied on the server: > MAXMSG_CLIENT="900000" > MAXMSG_STATUS="900000" > MAXMSG_STACHG="900000" > MAXLINE_STACHG="900000" > > I have 4 AIX 4.3.3 clients with this "going purple" problem, with no > errors in any logs that I can find. > > Any help would be apprieciated. > > Thanks, > Jeff > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > **************************************************************************** The information contained in this email is intended only for the use of the intended recipient at the email address to which it has been addressed. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination or copying of the message or associated attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender by return email or call 01793 877777 and ask for the sender and then delete it immediately from your system.Please note that neither RWE npower nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). *****************************************************************************

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Problem with TIME specification in hobbit-alerts.cfg?
by eric-list-1＠softlution.com 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Hello, I'm still having problems with alert configuration in Hobbit. I've configured notifications as follows: > # On which colors should we alert? > $ALERT_COLORS=COLOR=purple,red > > # Mail rule > $MAIL_BEHEER=MAIL beheer at softlution.com FORMAT=TEXT REPEAT=10069920 RECOVERED NOTICE > > # SMS rule > $SMS_SUPPORT=SCRIPT /Hobbit/server/ext/pg/smsalert support FORMAT=SMS REPEAT=30 TIME=W:0800:0900,W:1700:2300,60:0800:2300 DURATION>5 RECOVERED NOTICE > > PAGE=<page> $ALERT_COLORS > $SMS_SUPPORT > > HOST=%.* $ALERT_COLORS > $MAIL_BEHEER hobbitd_alert --dumpconfig and hobbitd_alert --test seem to think this configuration is fine. smsalert is basically a wrapper around smstools' sendsms command, I've added phone number aliases so the actual phone numbers don't show up in the info column pages, and I've added basic logging with timestamps and sendsms exit codes. It has worked fine so far.) However, this morning at 8:00 AM no SMS was sent on a red condition which had already lasted for hours (it started at 00:44 AM) and is shown on the page <page>. A mail alert was sent as soon as the condition started, but an SMS is never sent and neither notifications.log nor my smsalert.log show any attempt to send an SMS. Am I doing something wrong here? Best regards, Eric.

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HTTP Red
by jkwade＠futurefrontiers.com 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Hello All, I've moved everything over from Big Brother now to Hobbit. I'm having problems with a couple http servers which are coming back "red". All the other http servers are fine. If I go to the URL's on the systems, they are fine. I'm monitoring multiple URL's on several systems. In this case the other systems are fine, but two are having problems. Has anyone seen something similar? Could it be a timing issue? ie.The URL's are slow responding because they are in use to much? Thanks.James

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Problem with graphs...
by pierre.ronnefalk＠relacom.com 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Hi, I cant se any hourly/daily/weekly/Monthly graphs........ande there is no files in hobbit/data/rrd (i ques, that the data should be there). Mvh Pierre Ronnefalk [#################### RELACOM CORPORATE EMAIL FOOTER ####################] 1. This communication is confidential and is only intended for use of the individual or entity to which it is directed. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please delete it without forwarding any of it's content. 2. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this email might be personal opinions from the sender and not necessary representing Relacom. 3. For further information please visit: http://security.relacom.com/email/ [############################################################################]

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AIX 4.3.3 going purple on netstat test after 3-5 days
by jeffnewman75＠gmail.com 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

All, I sent an earlier message about both 4.2.0 and 4.2.0 with the latest patches going totally purple after 3-5 days. The process hobbit gets hung up on is netstat -an | grep ^tcp I have the following settings applied on the server: MAXMSG_CLIENT="900000" MAXMSG_STATUS="900000" MAXMSG_STACHG="900000" MAXLINE_STACHG="900000" I have 4 AIX 4.3.3 clients with this "going purple" problem, with no errors in any logs that I can find. Any help would be apprieciated. Thanks, Jeff

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Problem with Regular Expression in Alert
by geoff.hallford＠gmail.com 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Hi Everyone, I am having an issue where Hobbit will not take multiple alert parameters if one of them is a regular expression. I have my hobbit built with MRTG integration. My example is that I want to have my catch all rule exclude all msgs and interfaces (in the format int01-08, int09-16, ...). This works: COLOR=red EXSERVICE=%^int.* This doesn't work: COLOR=red EXSERVICE=msgs,%^int.* Does anyone have any hints, how to get this working? Maybe even a logical approach to get it working and not necessary a technical approach? Thanks.

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