April 2009 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

problems with socksified bbtest-net and https over proxy
by rene.burkhardt＠ch.ibm.com 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

Hi, I have setup hobbit in an environment with many DMZ's separated by firewalls. I can monitor many services by starting bbtest-net via ssh on remote hosts and forwarding the hobbit port with this same ssh connection to get the results returned. But some services can only be reached over proxies and/or socks. This poses some problems: 1. bbtest-net does not support https over a proxy. I have seen that this requirement is on the TOTO list. Is someone working on this, and will this feature be implemented in the future? As a workaround I have developed a script using curl, but this does not scale well for large number of URL's, and does not deliver the certificate information. 2. I have also tried to run bbtest-net socksified to test servers via socks. With version 4.2.0 this works somehow but returns per monitor an error 'select failed - EINTR' and if many monitors are long-running, the bbtest-net program can hang. With version 4.2.3 bbtest-net core-dumps, except if it is called with the parameters '--dns=ip --noping --no-ares', and in this it case delivers the same error message. Freundliche Grüsse / Kind regards René Burkhardt IBM Certified Advanced IBM Switzerland Ltd rene.burkhardt at ch.ibm.com Websphere Administrator Binningerstrasse 2 Phone: +41 58 33 33 108 ITDelivery Austria & 4142 Münchenstein Mobile: Switzerland Senior IT Specialist Middleware/Network

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[BULK] RE: [hobbit] Newbie Issues
by DGoodridge＠somervillema.gov 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

OK, so hobbit runs using user 'bb'. Which fping returns "/usr/local/sbin/fping" Ls -l `which fping` returns (-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 73958 Sep 22 2004 /usr/local/sbin/fping) Is this what you thought?? Why do you think other ping tests seem to work?? Does hobbit install an smtp server or client *OR* is this something setup separately?? Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Hubbard, Greg L [mailto:greg.hubbard at eds.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 5:02 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [BULK] RE: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Importance: Low I work mostly with Solaris, so I am not sure what really works on your Linux system, but... A) you can maybe run "top" from a terminal and look for processes with "hobbit" in their name. A similar, more focused method would be to run "ps -ef | grep hobbit" and see what gets listed. My *guess* is that a user called "hobbit" may have created as part of the package installation? B) Josh probably meant for you to use the "backticks" instead of double quotes on the command. You can do it in two steps by running $ which fping followed by $ ls -l <whatever which returns> -- the point is to see if your fping has been setuid to root, which would allow a non-privileged user to run fping. Normally Hobbit runs as a non-privileged user. I don't know what to say about the mailer issue, other than if this is a new system someone may have set up a bogus mail forwarder, or it might be using DNS to find a forwarder for a specific domain. GLH -----Original Message----- From: Goodridge, David [mailto:DGoodridge at somervillema.gov] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:31 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Hi Greg, How do I know if hobbit is using fping?? Root was able to use fping. Hobbit user can not. Actually, how do I know what user is for hobbit?? The 216.20.121.4 is not an smtp server and I received a connection refused. Ls -l "which fping" <-- says no such file or directory Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Hubbard, Greg L [mailto:greg.hubbard at eds.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:47 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Are you using fping? Can the hobbit user run fping? Seems like you have to do some fiddling because fping requires root, and the symptom is red connectivity tests for everything in the bb-hosts file. This is a dim memory from when I first set up Hobbit several years ago... GLH -----Original Message----- From: Goodridge, David [mailto:DGoodridge at somervillema.gov] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:37 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Hi Josh, Issue 1 - Now, if I look at status page, the status is red, but I can ping the ip from the hobbit server Bb-hosts for this test is as follows: 216.20.63.145 mec-dns1 # NET:brutus 216.20.63.147 mec-dns2 # NET:brutus Hobbit-alerts.cfg (omitted comments) --------- $pg-city-email=MAIL dgoodridge at somervillema.gov,edasilva at somervillema.gov $pg-sps-email=MAIL sharradan at k12.somerville.ma.us $IGNPAT=%(annex-nw|gozo|mis-server) $IGNPAT2=%(annex-nw|gozo|mis-server|sps*|finance) $SCHOOLS=%(sps|finance) EXPAGE=sps-servers COLOR=red MAIL dgoodridge at somervillema.gov EXPAGE=sps-servers,achieve EXHOST=%(svf-nt|svfunix|somerville|spd-mail|spd-main) EXSERVICE=%(if_stat|http) TIME=12345:0800:17 00 COLOR=red SCRIPT /bb/hms/server/ext/page-limit.pl 6175629776 at myairmail.com $pg-city-email PAGE=sps-servers TIME=0123456:0000:2400 $pg-sps-email HOST=%(SIS-WEB-01|SIS-DATA-01) MAIL jbreslin at k12.somerville.ma.us,sharradan at k12.somerville.ma.us Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:25 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Issue 1 - what is your hobbit-alert.conf Issue 2 - no hobbit uses the mail command. Can you give us more detail as to what the email error is? On 4/1/09, Goodridge, David <DGoodridge at somervillema.gov> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to hobbit and linux so please bear with me. I've looked at > some of the conf files, but can't seem to resolve a couple of issues. > > Issue 1 - keep getting critical messages even when status is green on > status screen. Messages come every 5 minutes. > > Issue 2 - some messages are not getting thru. has hobbit installed > it's own email server? i've run a mailq command and see a bunch of > messages saying "connection refused" to a specific server. not sure > why it's trying to connect to that server. > > Thanks, > Dave > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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Xymonton look
by Galen.Johnson＠sas.com 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hey, I'm thinking of updating the theme for Xymonton. If you would, check out http://www.trantor.org/xymonton and let me know what you think. I tried a few of themes this weekend and I liked this one best. Note, I also ported the "Unofficial Users Guide" from TJ's site under the support tab. I wouldn't recommend making any updates to this site as they won't be reflected in the production xymonton pages. =G=

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[hobbit] Newbie Issues
by DGoodridge＠somervillema.gov 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi Greg, How do I know if hobbit is using fping?? Root was able to use fping. Hobbit user can not. Actually, how do I know what user is for hobbit?? The 216.20.121.4 is not an smtp server and I received a connection refused. Ls -l "which fping" <-- says no such file or directory Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Hubbard, Greg L [mailto:greg.hubbard at eds.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:47 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Are you using fping? Can the hobbit user run fping? Seems like you have to do some fiddling because fping requires root, and the symptom is red connectivity tests for everything in the bb-hosts file. This is a dim memory from when I first set up Hobbit several years ago... GLH -----Original Message----- From: Goodridge, David [mailto:DGoodridge at somervillema.gov] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:37 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Hi Josh, Issue 1 - Now, if I look at status page, the status is red, but I can ping the ip from the hobbit server Bb-hosts for this test is as follows: 216.20.63.145 mec-dns1 # NET:brutus 216.20.63.147 mec-dns2 # NET:brutus Hobbit-alerts.cfg (omitted comments) --------- $pg-city-email=MAIL dgoodridge at somervillema.gov,edasilva at somervillema.gov $pg-sps-email=MAIL sharradan at k12.somerville.ma.us $IGNPAT=%(annex-nw|gozo|mis-server) $IGNPAT2=%(annex-nw|gozo|mis-server|sps*|finance) $SCHOOLS=%(sps|finance) EXPAGE=sps-servers COLOR=red MAIL dgoodridge at somervillema.gov EXPAGE=sps-servers,achieve EXHOST=%(svf-nt|svfunix|somerville|spd-mail|spd-main) EXSERVICE=%(if_stat|http) TIME=12345:0800:17 00 COLOR=red SCRIPT /bb/hms/server/ext/page-limit.pl 6175629776 at myairmail.com $pg-city-email PAGE=sps-servers TIME=0123456:0000:2400 $pg-sps-email HOST=%(SIS-WEB-01|SIS-DATA-01) MAIL jbreslin at k12.somerville.ma.us,sharradan at k12.somerville.ma.us Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:25 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Issue 1 - what is your hobbit-alert.conf Issue 2 - no hobbit uses the mail command. Can you give us more detail as to what the email error is? On 4/1/09, Goodridge, David <DGoodridge at somervillema.gov> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to hobbit and linux so please bear with me. I've looked at > some of the conf files, but can't seem to resolve a couple of issues. > > Issue 1 - keep getting critical messages even when status is green on > status screen. Messages come every 5 minutes. > > Issue 2 - some messages are not getting thru. has hobbit installed > it's own email server? i've run a mailq command and see a bunch of > messages saying "connection refused" to a specific server. not sure > why it's trying to connect to that server. > > Thanks, > Dave > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] Newbie Issues
by DGoodridge＠somervillema.gov 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

The other weird thing is that the status goes back and forth between RED and GREEN. -----Original Message----- From: Hubbard, Greg L [mailto:greg.hubbard at eds.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:47 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Are you using fping? Can the hobbit user run fping? Seems like you have to do some fiddling because fping requires root, and the symptom is red connectivity tests for everything in the bb-hosts file. This is a dim memory from when I first set up Hobbit several years ago... GLH -----Original Message----- From: Goodridge, David [mailto:DGoodridge at somervillema.gov] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:37 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Hi Josh, Issue 1 - Now, if I look at status page, the status is red, but I can ping the ip from the hobbit server Bb-hosts for this test is as follows: 216.20.63.145 mec-dns1 # NET:brutus 216.20.63.147 mec-dns2 # NET:brutus Hobbit-alerts.cfg (omitted comments) --------- $pg-city-email=MAIL dgoodridge at somervillema.gov,edasilva at somervillema.gov $pg-sps-email=MAIL sharradan at k12.somerville.ma.us $IGNPAT=%(annex-nw|gozo|mis-server) $IGNPAT2=%(annex-nw|gozo|mis-server|sps*|finance) $SCHOOLS=%(sps|finance) EXPAGE=sps-servers COLOR=red MAIL dgoodridge at somervillema.gov EXPAGE=sps-servers,achieve EXHOST=%(svf-nt|svfunix|somerville|spd-mail|spd-main) EXSERVICE=%(if_stat|http) TIME=12345:0800:17 00 COLOR=red SCRIPT /bb/hms/server/ext/page-limit.pl 6175629776 at myairmail.com $pg-city-email PAGE=sps-servers TIME=0123456:0000:2400 $pg-sps-email HOST=%(SIS-WEB-01|SIS-DATA-01) MAIL jbreslin at k12.somerville.ma.us,sharradan at k12.somerville.ma.us Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:25 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Issue 1 - what is your hobbit-alert.conf Issue 2 - no hobbit uses the mail command. Can you give us more detail as to what the email error is? On 4/1/09, Goodridge, David <DGoodridge at somervillema.gov> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to hobbit and linux so please bear with me. I've looked at > some of the conf files, but can't seem to resolve a couple of issues. > > Issue 1 - keep getting critical messages even when status is green on > status screen. Messages come every 5 minutes. > > Issue 2 - some messages are not getting thru. has hobbit installed > it's own email server? i've run a mailq command and see a bunch of > messages saying "connection refused" to a specific server. not sure > why it's trying to connect to that server. > > Thanks, > Dave > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] Newbie Issues
by DGoodridge＠somervillema.gov 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi Josh, Issue 1 - Now, if I look at status page, the status is red, but I can ping the ip from the hobbit server Bb-hosts for this test is as follows: 216.20.63.145 mec-dns1 # NET:brutus 216.20.63.147 mec-dns2 # NET:brutus Hobbit-alerts.cfg (omitted comments) --------- $pg-city-email=MAIL dgoodridge at somervillema.gov,edasilva at somervillema.gov $pg-sps-email=MAIL sharradan at k12.somerville.ma.us $IGNPAT=%(annex-nw|gozo|mis-server) $IGNPAT2=%(annex-nw|gozo|mis-server|sps*|finance) $SCHOOLS=%(sps|finance) EXPAGE=sps-servers COLOR=red MAIL dgoodridge at somervillema.gov EXPAGE=sps-servers,achieve EXHOST=%(svf-nt|svfunix|somerville|spd-mail|spd-main) EXSERVICE=%(if_stat|http) TIME=12345:0800:17 00 COLOR=red SCRIPT /bb/hms/server/ext/page-limit.pl 6175629776 at myairmail.com $pg-city-email PAGE=sps-servers TIME=0123456:0000:2400 $pg-sps-email HOST=%(SIS-WEB-01|SIS-DATA-01) MAIL jbreslin at k12.somerville.ma.us,sharradan at k12.somerville.ma.us Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:25 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Issue 1 - what is your hobbit-alert.conf Issue 2 - no hobbit uses the mail command. Can you give us more detail as to what the email error is? On 4/1/09, Goodridge, David <DGoodridge at somervillema.gov> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to hobbit and linux so please bear with me. I've looked at > some of the conf files, but can't seem to resolve a couple of issues. > > Issue 1 - keep getting critical messages even when status is green on > status screen. Messages come every 5 minutes. > > Issue 2 - some messages are not getting thru. has hobbit installed > it's own email server? i've run a mailq command and see a bunch of > messages saying "connection refused" to a specific server. not sure > why it's trying to connect to that server. > > Thanks, > Dave > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] Newbie Issues
by DGoodridge＠somervillema.gov 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi Josh, Issue 2 - over 3000 items in mailq. This is just 1 of the messages. I don't know why it's trying to connect to that host. Where would this be set?? F162513EF9 992 Wed Apr 1 14:56:39 bb at brutus.somerville.ma.us (delivery temporarily suspended: connect to harbor.somerville.ma.us[216.20.121.4]: Connection refused) sharradan at k12.somerville.ma.us -- 4188 Kbytes in 3159 Requests. Thanks, Dave -----Original Message----- From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:25 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Newbie Issues Issue 1 - what is your hobbit-alert.conf Issue 2 - no hobbit uses the mail command. Can you give us more detail as to what the email error is? On 4/1/09, Goodridge, David <DGoodridge at somervillema.gov> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to hobbit and linux so please bear with me. I've looked at > some of the conf files, but can't seem to resolve a couple of issues. > > Issue 1 - keep getting critical messages even when status is green on > status screen. Messages come every 5 minutes. > > Issue 2 - some messages are not getting thru. has hobbit installed > it's own email server? i've run a mailq command and see a bunch of > messages saying "connection refused" to a specific server. not sure > why it's trying to connect to that server. > > Thanks, > Dave > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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Newbie Issues
by DGoodridge＠somervillema.gov 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hello, I'm new to hobbit and linux so please bear with me. I've looked at some of the conf files, but can't seem to resolve a couple of issues. Issue 1 - keep getting critical messages even when status is green on status screen. Messages come every 5 minutes. Issue 2 - some messages are not getting thru. has hobbit installed it's own email server? i've run a mailq command and see a bunch of messages saying "connection refused" to a specific server. not sure why it's trying to connect to that server. Thanks, Dave

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Remove test columns
by john.hamblin＠motion-it.co.uk 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi, I have created a couple of test scripts which added columns to my main display "PCInfo" and "test" respectively. I no longer want these columns to show up as they are not reporting and their scripts have been removed. How do I do this? I tried running: /~/server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "drop HOSTNAME test" But this hasn't made any difference. Any ideas please? Thanks, John

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