[hobbit] monitoring files and messages-newbie

thanks for your replies

i can see the  file on the gui right now.but cann not view the

contents of the file.if i click it is saying that unknown filetype(opens small window).can anyone help me on this

my hobbit-client.cfg file HOST=tower DISK / 93 98
PROC cron 1 -1 yellow
PROC Xvnc 1 120 yellow
PROC defunct 0 0 red LOG /var/adm/messages WARNING COLOR=yellow LOG /var/log/syslog WARNING COLOR=yellow DIR %^/var/log TRACK FILE /bin/su md5=c80fc747e24fa8bfa099cbef0bfb926f FILE %^/var/log/syslog.* TRACK=maillog

my client-local.cfg file

[tower]

file:/bin/su:md5 file:ls -t -1 /var/log/syslog.*|head -1

In the gui i can see /var/log/syslog7 if i click on the file getting unknown filetype error.cannot able to view the file.please advise if my entries wrong

Thanks santhosh.p

From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:12 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] monitoring files and messages

I'm still amazed at how little this command hasn't gotten around - it is a real beautiful tool!

Try doing a namei -m /var/adm/sa/sar12 and see if the hobbit user has the necessary access to read the file (and can execute directories up to it!)

On 11/13/07, Paul Ehrenreich <paulehr at gmail.com> wrote:

does the hobbit user have access to the logs and the files?

On Nov 13, 2007 4:53 PM, Steve Holmes <sholmes42 at mac.com> wrote:
> Have you also added the required lines to client-local.cfg?
> Steve.
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> On Nov 13, 2007 3:48 PM, Perumal, Santoshbabu
> <santoshbabu_perumal at platts.com > wrote: 
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> >
> > Hi,
> >        can anyone help me to monitor files and procs
> >
> >   in the Hobbit-client.cfg file i have mentioned the

following entries > > > > HOST=tower > > FILE /var/adm/sa/sar12 > > LOG /var/log/syslog WARNING COLOR=yellow > > > > > > but i could not able to see anything on the gui.i can see white icon if i > click on this i see no files checked status and if i click msg icon i cann > see only /var/adm/messages i coild not see /var/log/sulog.how can i resolve > this problem.please help me on this > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > > > > > >

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