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hobbit-clients.cfg
by tlp-hobbit＠holme-pedersen.dk 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Hi ! I am having a hard time configuring any check on my 4.2.p1 system. Anyway I turn it I can never get more hosts to match the same HOST definition even if I have to servers called server1 and server2 I put a HOST=%host*.domain.com but it will not match. Only way is to make HOST=server1.domain.com and HOST=server2.domain.com How can this be ? its a very simple setup. Anyway I am configuring a new host with PROC settings but I can never get the web page to display my settings. Should hobbit be restarted completly after changing the hobbit-clients.cfg filer ? how can I test the file settings ? BR Thomas

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Memory usage BBWIn 0.8
by ivan.verbeeck＠vmma.be 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Hello, Since the release of BBwin 0.8 i installed it on a couple of our Windows 2003 servers as a replacement for the BB Client. On one of the machines i noticed that the memory usage of the BBWin.exe process keeps growing. After appr. 2 weeks it was over the 60Mb. I restarted the service, but after a few days it's back over the 20Mb. The client checks a few svcs and runs 5 external tests (compiled perl scripts). Any idea what can cause the problem? Regards, Ivan

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cgi can't see libpcre
by D.Mostardi＠mdl.com 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Most of my new hobbit installation (Solaris 9) has come up fine, but I can't click through any of the colored icons. The error from Apache error_log is: [Thu Aug 24 15:25:22 2006] [error] [client 145.36.246.222] Premature end of script headers: /usr/local/hobbit/cgi-bin/bb-hostsvc.sh ld.so.1: /usr/local/bb/bb1.9i-btf/bin/hobbitsvc.cgi: fatal: libpcre.so.0: open failed: No such file or directory There were no pcre errors during the build process. I used the "-R/usr/local/lib" trick mentioned in the "known problems" page, and the user "hobbit" has the directory in its library path. Perhaps there is some special place where I'll need to manually add a reference to the PCRE libraries? Thank you, David Mostardi Advisory Systems Manager Elsevier MDL 2440 Camino Ramon, Suite 300 San Ramon CA 94583 925.543.7350 www.mdl.com <www.mdl.com>

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Solaris 10 Build error
by craig＠cookitservices.com 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Speaking of Solaris 10 issues... I have upgraded gcc and broke hobbit (technically broke more than hobbit, but that is another story). I have done the ./mkheaders thing for the sunfreeware version of gcc. devbox:/export/home/craigc/hobbit-4.2.0# gcc -v Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/3.3.2/specs Configured with: ../configure --with-as=/usr/ccs/bin/as --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld --disable-nls Thread model: posix gcc version 3.3.2 devbox:/export/home/craigc/hobbit-4.2.0# env | grep LD LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/ssl/lib:/usr/local/mysql/lib:/usr/local/samba/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/php/lib:/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.2/lib:/usr/sfw/lib:/usr/ccs/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/rrdtool/lib gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/craigc/hobbit-4.2.0/include -I/usr/local/include -I. -I../include -c -o md5.o md5.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/craigc/hobbit-4.2.0/include -I/usr/local/include -I. -I../include -c -o memory.o memory.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/craigc/hobbit-4.2.0/include -I/usr/local/include -I. -I../include -c -o misc.o misc.c In file included from /usr/include/sys/wait.h:24, from misc.c:26: /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:259: error: parse error before "ctid_t" /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:292: error: parse error before '}' token /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:294: error: parse error before '}' token /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:390: error: parse error before "ctid_t" /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:392: error: conflicting types for `__proc' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:261: error: previous declaration of `__proc' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:398: error: conflicting types for `__fault' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:267: error: previous declaration of `__fault' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:404: error: conflicting types for `__file' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:273: error: previous declaration of `__file' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:420: error: conflicting types for `__prof' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:287: error: previous declaration of `__prof' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:424: error: conflicting types for `__rctl' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:291: error: previous declaration of `__rctl' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:426: error: parse error before '}' token /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:428: error: parse error before '}' token /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:432: error: parse error before "k_siginfo_t" /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:437: error: parse error before '}' token In file included from /usr/include/sys/procset.h:24, from /usr/include/sys/wait.h:25, from misc.c:26: /usr/include/sys/signal.h:85: error: parse error before "siginfo_t" In file included from misc.c:26: /usr/include/sys/wait.h:86: error: parse error before "siginfo_t" In file included from misc.c:28: /usr/include/signal.h:111: error: parse error before "siginfo_t" /usr/include/signal.h:113: error: parse error before "siginfo_t" make[1]: *** [misc.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/export/home/craigc/hobbit-4.2.0/lib' make: *** [lib-build] Error 2 To be fair it is not just a 4.2 error... gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/craigc/hobbit/hobbit-4.1.2p1/include -I/usr/local/include -I. -I../include -c -o md5.o md5.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/craigc/hobbit/hobbit-4.1.2p1/include -I/usr/local/include -I. -I../include -c -o memory.o memory.c gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/export/home/craigc/hobbit/hobbit-4.1.2p1/include -I/usr/local/include -I. -I../include -c -o misc.o misc.c In file included from /usr/include/sys/wait.h:24, from misc.c:27: /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:259: error: parse error before "ctid_t" /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:292: error: parse error before '}' token /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:294: error: parse error before '}' token /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:390: error: parse error before "ctid_t" /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:392: error: conflicting types for `__proc' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:261: error: previous declaration of `__proc' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:398: error: conflicting types for `__fault' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:267: error: previous declaration of `__fault' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:404: error: conflicting types for `__file' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:273: error: previous declaration of `__file' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:420: error: conflicting types for `__prof' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:287: error: previous declaration of `__prof' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:424: error: conflicting types for `__rctl' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:291: error: previous declaration of `__rctl' /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:426: error: parse error before '}' token /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:428: error: parse error before '}' token /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:432: error: parse error before "k_siginfo_t" /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:437: error: parse error before '}' token In file included from /usr/include/sys/procset.h:24, from /usr/include/sys/wait.h:25, from misc.c:26: /usr/include/sys/signal.h:85: error: parse error before "siginfo_t" In file included from misc.c:26: /usr/include/sys/wait.h:86: error: parse error before "siginfo_t" In file included from misc.c:28: /usr/include/signal.h:111: error: parse error before "siginfo_t" /usr/include/signal.h:113: error: parse error before "siginfo_t" make[1]: *** [misc.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/export/home/craigc/hobbit/hobbit-4.1.2p1/lib' make: *** [lib-build] Error 2 Any tips on how to fix it? Thanks Craig Cook -- Systems Monitoring Consulting and Support Services http://www.cookitservices.com

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HOWTO: fping using profiles(pfexec) Solaris10
by Mike.Rowell＠Rightmove.co.uk 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

There are 3 files that need to be updated so that fping can be executed as root (uid=0) on Solaris by a named user, in this case the hobbit user. The three files in question are, /etc/user_attr /etc/security/exec_attr /etc/security/prof_attr These have been updated with the following lines /etc/user_attr hobbit::::profiles=Hobbit Commands /etc/security/exec_attr Hobbit Commands:solaris:cmd:::/usr/local/sbin/fping:uid=0 /etc/security/prof_attr Hobbit Commands:::Hobbit Commands: Regards, Mike Rowell ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs service. ________________________________________________________________________

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Remedy Ticketing
by matthew.epp＠us.army.mil 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

I have an existing Remedy ticket generation system for Big Brother that I'm trying to convert to Hobbit. Basically, I had added some code to dohostsvc.c for an additional button next to HISTORY: sprintf(dataline,"<td><FORM ACTION=\"%s/bb-ticket.sh\"><INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE=\"Open Ticket\"><INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME=\"ACKFILE\" VALUE=\"%s\"><INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME=\"TIMEBUF\" VALUE=\"%s\"></FORM></td>\n",cgibinurl,filename,logtime); strcat(hostsvcdata,dataline); This passed the form data to a shell cgi script, and from there I was able to grab whatever data I needed from the history logs. If someone even wanted to open a ticket on a historical event, they could, because the TIMEBUF always pointed to the correct event log. Now, I see the part in htmllog.c that creates the historybutton(), but I can't see where I might be able to grab the TIMEBUF from. I tried an xgetenv("TIMEBUF") but no luck. Any other way I can get the timestamp?

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How does linecount work?
by greg.hubbard＠eds.com 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Shirefolk: I am playing with the nifty new 4.2 features, and was trying to get the "linecount" function to work. I *thought* I could maybe use this to track the number of entries in a file, and perhaps graph over time, but I am starting to suspect that Henrik meant linecount for something else. I see where you configure client-local.cfg with: linecount:<filename> <handle>:<regex> This should alert the Hobbit agent to start grepping <filename> for <regex> and somehow bind the count to <handle>? Then what? Do you configure something in hobbit-clients.cfg to match this? I tried: LOG <filename> .* COLOR=GREEN To see what would happen, but nothing did... GLH

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Client build group permissions
by paul.moore＠verizonbusiness.com 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

Henrik, Not that this is a big deal but the following files get created with a group ID of 500 when building the client. This is in the 4.2.0 release. ./hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-aix.sh ./hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-darwin.sh ./hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-freebsd.sh ./hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-hp-ux.sh ./hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-irix.sh ./hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-linux.sh ./hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-netbsd.sh ./hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-openbsd.sh ./hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-osf1.sh ./hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-sco_sv.sh ./hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-sunos.sh ./hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient.sh ./hobbit/client/runclient.sh Paul Moore -=-=-=-=-= Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Well, I think so Brain but if Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why does he keep doing it?

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Since you've asked - my Amazon wishlist
by henrik＠hswn.dk 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

Is here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/2EMUDL12T4WA4 Regards, Henrik

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[hobbit] Informal survey about commercial support for Hobbit
by KauffmanT＠nibco.com 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

You mean the support could be better than this??? Good trick! :-) And an observation my father made a long time ago -- "When you start making money from your hobby, it becomes work, and work isn't as much fun." Now that I've got that out of the way -- my management has come around several times, wondering if there was any way of providing you with compensation for all the work you're doing, and this could be it (but keep your amazon wish list up to date, please!). Unlike others on this list, we don't run any 'mission-critical' systems (at least not by IBM's definition) and while we have several 'enterprise-critical' systems, hobbit as-is does very nicely for us. We would most likely be interested an a reasonably priced annual fee for the opportunity to get either custom modifications to hobbit (based on the past couple of change requests, this looks more like "getting our stuff moved to the top of the priority list") or consultation and assistance in implementing custom tests. This would be direct email support, 24 hour response, and should probably be limited to one such mod/test per calendar quarter. As for 'reasonable price' -- somewhere in the $2500 to $3000 US range. There is, of course, no guarantee we'd sign up for this if you offer it. There's also the very real possibility we'd sign up for it and not really make use of it (we can be strange that way at times :-) Tom Kauffman NIBCO, Inc -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:19 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Informal survey about commercial support for Hobbit I've had a couple of enquiries about providing commercial support for Hobbit. In essence they need a guaranteed response to e-mail support queries, as a supplement to the mailing list where mails do get answered, but not always within a day or two. Making money off Hobbit never was my intention, but being paid for doing what is really a hobby for me does seem attractive. So this is just an informal survey: * Would you be interested in paying for Hobbit support? * What kind of support do you need? E-mail for solving problems, custom feature developments, or ... ? * What response-time requirements do you have? Since I'm in Europe and a lot of the Hobbit users are in the US or Australia, I have a problem with same-day response guarantees. * How much are you willing to spend on it ? Feel free to respond here on the list, or to me directly. Just to avoid raising any panic, let me emphasize that this will NOT in any way stop or detract from the support I offer here on the mailing list. I think the mailing list will always be the primary support channel, and a place for discussing Hobbit developments, beta versions and all the other related issues. It's just that some companies feel more comfortable using software when there is a "normal" support contract. Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, distribute or take action in reliance upon this message. If you have received this in error, please notify us immediately by return email and promptly delete this message and its attachments from your computer system. We do not waive attorney-client or work product privilege by the transmission of this message.

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