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New Features #2
by ian.marsh＠hants.gov.uk 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

Whilst we're on the subject of new features would it be possible to have easier access to the acknowledgement code for an alert? As things stand at the moment the only place that you can get the ack code is on the email notification that gets sent out once the alert has been triggered. With our setup this means that we have to wait for the frontline support people to contact us before we can ack the alert, even if we knew about it as soon as it happened. What I'd like to be able to do is to pre-empt the alert by having access to the ack code earlier, as soon as the status changes to red, and have the code displayed on the individual test page. The way I envisage this happening is that the ack code is generated when the test turns red rather than when an alert is sent out. This code can then be included on the tests status page where we have easy access to it. The text could be displayed in a similar fashion to the text currently added when an alert is acknowledged. I know that we could turn the test offline without the ack code but that tends to leave a hole in the graphs, acknowledging the alert allows everything to be logged/graphed as per normal. Does this sort of behaviour sound feasible? Thanks, Ian Marsh

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Fwd: Re: [hobbit] New enable/disable tool ready for testing
by dhd733＠yahoo.se 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

Hi all I stopped and started Apache for an other reason. Then I saw that a test was disabled. The disabling for the test had been hanging for hours, and I had forgotten it. So stopping and starting Apache fix the disabling, but that I can't do everytime I disable a test from info page. Best regards Lars lars ebeling <dhd733 at yahoo.se> wrote: Datum: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 07:29:31 +0200 (CEST) Från: lars ebeling <dhd733 at yahoo.se> Till: hobbit <hobbit at hswn.dk> Ämne: Fwd: Re: [hobbit] New enable/disable tool ready for testing ---------- Från: lars ebeling[SMTP:DHD733 at YAHOO.SE] Skickat: den 18 april 2005 07:29:31 Till: hobbit Ämne: Fwd: Re: [hobbit] New enable/disable tool ready for testing Automatiskt vidarebefordrat av en regel Henrik Stoerner <henrik at hswn.dk> wrote: On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 11:46:07AM +0200, lars ebeling wrote: > If I start from scratch i.e. from hobbit-4.0.2.tar.gz. Which patches > and in which order shall I apply. 1) hobbit-4.0.2-setup.patch 2) hobbit-4.0.2-acknowledge.patch 3) maintenance-feature-v2.patch The first two are available at http://www.hswn.dk/hobbitsw/, the last one at http://www.hswn.dk/beta/ Now I have done this and still everything hangs when I try to disable from info page. Regards Lars Hobbithobbyist "If you run UNIX and you don't have a UPS, you should see a psychiatrist...." --Byte Magazine (years ago) Hobbithobbyist "If you run UNIX and you don't have a UPS, you should see a psychiatrist...." --Byte Magazine (years ago)

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ldap test
by jonbjorn＠hi.is 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

Are any of you using hobbit to monitor ldap servers ? If so could you please give me an example entry in bb-hosts because Im having a hard time figuring it out. -- Jon Bjorn Njalsson <jonbjorn at hi.is>

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[hobbit] New features
by Kevin.Hanrahan＠novainfo.com 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

I didn't mean to open up such a large can of worms! This would just be a convenience and I would rather see other more useful features take center stage over this one. -----Original Message----- From: PAUL WILLIAMSON [mailto:pwilliamson at mandtbank.com] Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 9:10 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] New features >>> henrik at hswn.dk 04/17/05 2:28 AM >>> > On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 07:25:40PM -0400, kevin hanrahan wrote: > > Since you are adding new features, I would like to request one. > > Would it be possible to add a web interface for adding and deleting > > clients? > > It's possible, yes - but not terribly high on my priority list. > > There are really two parts of this. Actually, there's a third... How many people run more than one Hobbit server? I have different host files on almost all of my servers. I have been testing out Hobbit for about a month now, but have to split up my testing between 4 machines and my display on a different one. There needs to be some knowledge from this script from where tests are being performed, where the display server entries are and from where notifications are being sent. Having a database backend to drive that would be great, just as long as there were some kind of redistributation of the hosts files or the web front end knew to put specific entries on the individual servers. Lot's of work, IMHO. Paul To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk Note: The information contained in this email and in any attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Sender accepts no liability for any damages caused by any virus transmitted by this email. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and delete the email from your computer. This e-mail is and any response to it will be unencrypted and, therefore, potentially unsecure. Thank you. NOVA Information Systems, Inc.

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[hobbit] New features
by pwilliamson＠mandtbank.com 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

>>> henrik at hswn.dk 04/17/05 2:28 AM >>> > On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 07:25:40PM -0400, kevin hanrahan wrote: > > Since you are adding new features, I would like to request > > one. Would it be possible to add a web interface for adding and > > deleting clients? > > It's possible, yes - but not terribly high on my priority list. > > There are really two parts of this. Actually, there's a third... How many people run more than one Hobbit server? I have different host files on almost all of my servers. I have been testing out Hobbit for about a month now, but have to split up my testing between 4 machines and my display on a different one. There needs to be some knowledge from this script from where tests are being performed, where the display server entries are and from where notifications are being sent. Having a database backend to drive that would be great, just as long as there were some kind of redistributation of the hosts files or the web front end knew to put specific entries on the individual servers. Lot's of work, IMHO. Paul

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[hobbit] Question about dns test
by mlowery＠alliedtechgroup.com 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

Sorry, I "uppercased" the "a" in the e-mail, but it's actually not uppercase in bb-hosts. I guess I don't understand the test. I was hoping that for any host, I could perform a lookup of its own A record on the dns servers of my choosing (or at least use the dns servers from resolv.conf). The host where I've placed the DNS test is not a DNS server, but I would like to verify that it's "A" record does exist. The reason I want this is that we have some customers that from time-to-time will fail to renew their domain-name, or make a DNS change and either change the IP address for a host or drop the hostname all together. I would like to use this test, or another, to gather the DNS information for the A record of a particular host so that I can verify or deny that this is a problem. Any suggestions? Currently I'm attempting to do it this way, but it doesn't do what I'm expecting: Snip from bb-hosts: 1.2.3.4 Host1.domain.com # dns=a:host1.domain.com I would expect this to lookup the "A" record for the host, host1.domain.com, from the DNS server in resolv.conf, but it seems to instead try to lookup the record from host1.domain.com, which is not a DNS server. Thanks! Michael -----Original Message----- From: Terry Barnes [mailto:tbarnes1 at hfhs.org] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 7:08 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Question about dns test I have this setup and it works for me - not using an a record lookup though - maybe it doesn't like the uppercase "A". 1.2.3.4 my.domain.com # dns=ns:domain.com,ns:domain.org,mx:domain.org I get the nameservers for both the domain.com and domain.org and the mx record for domain.org returned. Hope this helps. Terry Barnes Siemens Com @ HFHS 248-853-4968 (Office) 586-405-8382 (Cellular) 248-844-3030 (Fax) 5864058382 at messaging.nextel.com (Text Pager) tbarnes1 at hfhs.org ======================================================================== ====== HFHS CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email contains information from the sender that may be CONFIDENTIAL, LEGALLY PRIVILEGED, PROPRIETARY or otherwise protected from disclosure. This email is intended for use only by the person or entity to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying, distribution, printing, or any action taken in reliance on the contents of this email, is strictly prohibited. If you received this email in error, please contact the sending party by replying in an email to the sender, delete the email from your computer system and shred any paper copies of the email you printed. Note to Patients: There are a number of risks you should consider before using e-mail to communicate with us. These risks are described in our Privacy Policy at http://henryford.com. Review that policy carefully before continuing to communicate with us by e-mail. For greater Internet security, our policy describes the Henry Ford MyHealth electronic communication process - you may register at http://henryford.com. If you do not believe that our policy gives you the privacy and security protection you need, do not send e-mail or Internet communications to us. ======================================================================== ====== To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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New features
by kevin＠ewormhole.com 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

Henrik, Since you are adding new features, I would like to request one. Would it be possible to add a web interface for adding and deleting clients? I have implemented Hobbit where I work and at two other places where my friends work and everyone LOVES it. I have no problem with unix and the vi editor but most everyone I know has no idea how to handle it....they are mostly windows (where do I click?) people. Trying to explain unix and ANY editor is like trying to teach physics to a brick....it doesn't matter who the teacher is...it's still a brick. Having a web interface would enable them to manage this all by themselves (as well as my co-workers!). If this is too much trouble....no big deal but it never hurts to ask. Regards KEvin

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Fwd: Re: [hobbit] New enable/disable tool ready for testing
by dhd733＠yahoo.se 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

Henrik Stoerner <henrik at hswn.dk> wrote: On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 11:46:07AM +0200, lars ebeling wrote: > If I start from scratch i.e. from hobbit-4.0.2.tar.gz. Which patches > and in which order shall I apply. 1) hobbit-4.0.2-setup.patch 2) hobbit-4.0.2-acknowledge.patch 3) maintenance-feature-v2.patch The first two are available at http://www.hswn.dk/hobbitsw/, the last one at http://www.hswn.dk/beta/ Now I have done this and still everything hangs when I try to disable from info page. Regards Lars Hobbithobbyist "If you run UNIX and you don't have a UPS, you should see a psychiatrist...." --Byte Magazine (years ago)

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[hobbit] New enable/disable tool ready for testing
by oliver.bassett＠gen-i.co.nz 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

Kevin, Might be a silly question but you don't have JavaScript disabled on those browsers do you? Regards Oliver Bassett > -----Original Message----- > From: kevin hanrahan [mailto:kevin at ewormhole.com] > Sent: Monday, 18 April 2005 3:21 p.m. > To: 'hobbit at hswn.dk' > Subject: RE: [hobbit] New enable/disable tool ready for testing > > > > Henrik, > > Here are the versions of the browsers. I also tested it with two other > computers in my house with the same results. Has anyone else reported > problems?...or has anyone else tried the new feature? > > > > Version: 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.040919-1003 > Cipher Strength: 128-bit > Product ID:55274-640-0110937-23745 > Update Versions:; SP1; Q330994; Q824145; Q832894; Q837009; Q831167; > Q823353; Q867801; > > > Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) > Gecko/20041107 > Firefox/1.0 > > > > > Regards > > KEvin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] > Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 3:47 PM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: Re: [hobbit] New enable/disable tool ready for testing > Importance: Low > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 06:49:18PM -0400, kevin hanrahan wrote: > > > Henrik Stoerner wrote: > >> Just as an experiment, could you try changing line 348 of > >> hobbitd/hobbitsvc-info.c ? It currently is > > > That change did the job. It is now working with both IE and Firefox > > I'm puzzled why you see this problem - both IE and Firefox handle the > Javascript stuff with no problems here. So I'm still interested to a) > hear what browser versions you're using, and b) get the full info-page > HTML that triggers this bug. > > Anyway, I've added a couple of options to the hobbitsvc.cgi > tool, so you > can disable the javascript validation, or completely remove the > "disable" form from the info-column page. > > > Regards, > Henrik > > 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 > > > > ############################################################## > ################################################ > This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content > and cleared by NetIQ MailMarshal at Gen-i Limited > ############################################################## > ################################################ > ############################################################################# This communication, including any attachments, is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not read it - please contact me immediately, destroy it, and do not copy or use any part of this communication or disclose anything about it. Thank You. Please note that this communication does not designate an information system for the purposes of the NZ Electronic Transactions Act 2002. This email was scanned and cleared by NetIQ MailMarshal at Gen-i Limited. #############################################################################

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[hobbit] New enable/disable tool ready for testing
by kevin＠ewormhole.com 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

Henrik, Here are the versions of the browsers. I also tested it with two other computers in my house with the same results. Has anyone else reported problems?...or has anyone else tried the new feature? Version: 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.040919-1003 Cipher Strength: 128-bit Product ID:55274-640-0110937-23745 Update Versions:; SP1; Q330994; Q824145; Q832894; Q837009; Q831167; Q823353; Q867801; Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0 Regards KEvin -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 3:47 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] New enable/disable tool ready for testing Importance: Low On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 06:49:18PM -0400, kevin hanrahan wrote: > Henrik Stoerner wrote: >> Just as an experiment, could you try changing line 348 of >> hobbitd/hobbitsvc-info.c ? It currently is > That change did the job. It is now working with both IE and Firefox I'm puzzled why you see this problem - both IE and Firefox handle the Javascript stuff with no problems here. So I'm still interested to a) hear what browser versions you're using, and b) get the full info-page HTML that triggers this bug. Anyway, I've added a couple of options to the hobbitsvc.cgi tool, so you can disable the javascript validation, or completely remove the "disable" form from the info-column page. Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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