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hobbit-alerts.cfg : how to send an email for an event that gets ACKed?
by jjj863＠gmail.com 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Is it possible that to send notice emails for an event that gets acknowledged (either from the admin page or through email)? Glancing through the man page, I didn't see If not, pls treat this as a feature request. To me, this is usually as useful as the RECOVERED flag, if not more. More generally, maybe a 'stateChange' flag in addition to 'recovered'?

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hobbit-alerts DOWNSECS
by rower.master＠gmail.com 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Hi friends, I'm trying to set a custom mail script for hobbit-alerts.When I use the $DOWNSECS , the value showed is the downsecs for the current day and not the real value in case of the service is down for more then a day. Hobbit version 4.1.1 Thanks in advance.

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Alerts Question
by mdula＠star-telegram.com 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Hi, I seem to be having issues with the reliability with the alerts feature. My Hobbit-alerts.cfg is written as followed. HOST=server1 MAIL number(at)cingularme.com RECOVERED MAIL address(at)company.com RECOVERED HOST=server2 MAIL number(at)cingularme.com RECOVERED MAIL address(at)company.com RECOVERED HOST=* RECOVERED IGNORE HOST=server IGNORE HOST=server1 IGNORE HOST=server2 MAIL address(at)company.com MAIL number(at)messaging.nextel.com MAIL address(at)company.com MAIL address(at)company.com <mailto:address at star-telegram.com> I am not using SMS but using the phone provider's email to send test to a phone. The messages poured in after a hobbit.sh restart, but then the quit going through. Sometimes only the (at)company recipients go through. Also for the cell phone emails is there a way I can customize messages sent to the recipient? Ie. make the text short and sweet, (Server and Service status only) -Mike

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[hobbit] Alerts Question
by mdula＠star-telegram.com 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Great thanks! -----Original Message----- From: Gary B. [mailto:gmbfly98 at gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:33 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Alerts Question > Hi, I seem to be having issues with the reliability with the alerts feature. Look at the /var/log/hobbit/notifications.log and page.log files. You might also want to manually test the alert rules to see how they work > My Hobbit-alerts.cfg is written as followed. > > > HOST=server1 > MAIL number(at)cingularme.com RECOVERED > MAIL address(at)company.com RECOVERED > > HOST=server2 > MAIL number(at)cingularme.com RECOVERED > MAIL address(at)company.com RECOVERED The alert rules I have are written as: HOST=server1 RECOVERED MAIL <phone address> REPEAT=interval MAIL <company address> REPEAT=interval . . . > HOST=* RECOVERED > IGNORE HOST=server > IGNORE HOST=server1 > IGNORE HOST=server2 > MAIL address(at)company.com > MAIL number(at)messaging.nextel.com > MAIL address(at)company.com > MAIL address(at)company.com You can do IGNORE HOST=server,server1,server2 MAIL <address1>,<address2> > I am not using SMS but using the phone provider's email to send test to a > phone. The messages poured in after a hobbit.sh restart, but then the quit > going through. Sometimes only the (at)company recipients go through. Also > for the cell phone emails is there a way I can customize messages sent to > the recipient? Ie. make the text short and sweet, (Server and Service status > only) > > > -Mike Yes. I believe Hobbit has a method of doing that by itself, but I use a custom external script, as I needed to slightly modify the way SMS-style messages are sent. It's a short script, so I've included it below. Just stick it into the /var/hobbit/server/ext directory (and make sure it has the execute bit set). Then, create a MAIL rule as below: SCRIPT /var/hobbit/server/ext/oursms <address> FORMAT=SMS REPEAT =1h The "oursms" script: #!/bin/sh #VARIABLES: msg=$BBALPHAMSG #Full text of message code=$ACKCODE #The ack code host=$BBHOSTNAME #Host name # CODE: #======= subject="!HB ${code}" #Subject will read as "!HB <hobbit alert code>" message="${msg}" echo "${message}" | mail -s "${subject}" $RCPT If you want to customize the script to change the way the subject and/or body appear on the pager, look at the section titled "ALERT SCRIPTS" at the bottom of the page: http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/manpages/man5/hobbit-alerts.cfg.5. html To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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I guess I am not the only Apache newbie
by greg.hubbard＠eds.com 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

>From http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/man1/hobbit-nkedit.cgi.8.html Result: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /docs/man1/hobbit-nkedit.cgi.8.html on this server. Apache/1.3.33 Server at hobbitmon.sourceforge.net Port 80 There, I feel better now! ------------ Let me say that I will be busy the next few days learning all of the new thing packed into the new Hobbit! Hats off! GLH

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localhost, clamd, rights
by john.gallet＠wanadoo.fr 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Hi there, This is my first Hobbit install, I am still fumbling around on lots of things. Great software, after installing it I wonder how I survived without it. I have 3 totally distinct questions. 1) I am running as many daemons as possible on 127.0.0.1 in case I make a mistake in my iptables rules and as a general security rule anyway. I added a 127.0.0.1 localhost line in etc/bb-hosts to monitor them. Is this the correct/preferred way to do it or can I monitor them on a single line with the public ip of the host ? 2) I configured clamd so that it uses /tmp/clamd for communications. Can I still monitor it with Hobbit ? I can't check the process (see question 3). I tried /tmp/clamd as a port in bb-services and saw an atoi() must be called on it ;-) The reason I am using a local socket is that clamassassin looks for it to know whether to call the clamscan binary on each and every mail or to use clamdscan daemon. I could force it to use the daemon, but I don't know if it'll still call the binary in cas the daemon is down. 3) Not directly Hobbit related but might need a turnaround. My kernel is patched with -grsec, which implies only root can access /proc or see other user's processes in a "ps" command. The result is that the hobbit-client log is filled with "access denied" on /proc/net/snmp (which I don't really mind) but also that the stats about users and especially number of processes is totally and utterly wrong, and I'd need this information (I have some random load peaks to diagnose). Do I need to run parts of hobbit as root ? Which ones ? What's the risk involved ? Or are there other solutions ? (the grsec documentation is non-existant or very well hidden). I might have some further questions about mysql monitoring, but http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2006/06/msg00016.html looks promising, so I'll give it a try. Thanks in advance for any help. Sincerely, JG

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Dumb Apache question
by greg.hubbard＠eds.com 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Shire folk: I just upgraded to v4.2 on a Solaris server. I am using the built-in Apache (with Solaris 8). When I try to access any of the Hobbit man pages that refer to a CGI (and are named <something>.cgi.<n>.html) I get an "Access Forbidden" error. I looked in the Apache error log and saw this: Options ExecCGI is off in this directory: /opt2/hobbit/server/www/help/manpages/man1/hobbitsvc.cgi.1.html So Apache is getting confused by the file name? I've tried a few things to try to convince Apache that this is a text file and not a CGI, but to no avail. Anyone else ever run into this and have a solution? One obvious thing to try would be to add ExecCGI to these directories, but that doesn't feel right to me... GLH

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clientupdate problems on aix
by saam＠tomikoni.de 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Hi, i just tried the clientupdate feature for an aix box, but it failed for several reasons * The client build process (make install as root) installs serveral files with the "wrong" gid of root ("system" for aix). The clientupdate runs as hobbit:hobbit (in my case) and therefore can't overwrite these files. * bin/hobbitclient-*sh have no user write permissions, so tar fails again * While previous errors can easily be fixed, this one seems more tricky: tar: can't create bin/hobbitlaunch: Text file busy 2006-08-17 14:03:54 Upgrade failed, tar exited with status 256 Its because Aix can't overwrite an executing program and the hobbitclient is running during the update?! A manual update "clientupdate <version> --reexec" with a stopped client works fine. Btw, thanks for the great new release! Regards, Mirko

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critical system and wildcards
by plardinois＠be.tiauto.com 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Hello, Is there a way to use wildcards in the "Edit Critical Systems" form for the following fields : - "host" - "test" - "clone this host to" Thanks. Regards, _____________________________ Pierre Lardinois Int. ICT Infrastructure Team TI Automotive The information contained in this transmission may contain privileged and confidential information. It is intended only for the use of the person(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.

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4.2.0: make install error
by hj.beckers＠kreis-steinfurt.de 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

During "make install" chgrp fails with "invalid groupname" (Ungültiger Gruppenname); see line 8). Obviously line 7) is missing the "id -g hobbit" as in line 6). Whre do I add it? Yours hjb ... 1) Loading md5-data ... OK 2) touch /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbit-nkview.cfg /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbit-nkview.cfg.bak 3) chmod g+w /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbit-nkview.cfg /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbit-nkview.cfg.bak 4) mkdir -p /var/log/hobbit 5) chown hobbit /var/log/hobbit /home/hobbit/server /home/hobbit/server/* /home/hobbit/server/bin/* /home/hobbit/server/etc/* /home/hobbit/server/ext/* /home/hobbit/server/web/* /home/hobbit/server/www/gifs /home/hobbit/server/www/gifs/* /home/hobbit/server/www/menu /home/hobbit/server/www/menu/* /home/hobbit/server/www/help /home/hobbit/server/www/notes /home/hobbit/server/www/html /home/hobbit/server/www/wml /home/hobbit/data /home/hobbit/data/* 6) chgrp `id -g hobbit` /var/log/hobbit /home/hobbit/server /home/hobbit/server/* /home/hobbit/server/bin/* /home/hobbit/server/etc/* /home/hobbit/server/ext/* /home/hobbit/server/web/* /home/hobbit/server/www/gifs /home/hobbit/server/www/gifs/* /home/hobbit/server/www/menu /home/hobbit/server/www/menu/* /home/hobbit/server/www/help /home/hobbit/server/www/notes /home/hobbit/server/www/html /home/hobbit/server/www/wml /home/hobbit/data /home/hobbit/data/* 7) chgrp /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbit-nkview.cfg /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbit-nkview.cfg.bak 8) --->>> chgrp: Ungültiger Gruppenname ,,/home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbit-nkview.cfg" make[1]: *** [install-cfg] Fehler 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/beckers/hobbit-4.2.0/hobbitd' make: *** [install-hobbitd] Fehler 2 _________________________________________ Diese E-Mail wurde geprüft von Symantec Antivirus

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