Hi

We do check for core files, and we do it as follows.

client-local.cfg file: /opt/csw/bin/sudo /usr/bin/find /var/core/ -type f 2> /dev/null This assumes appropriate sudo permissions are already set up for xymon user on the client.

analysis.cfg HOST=myserver FILE %^/var/core/.* NOEXIST red

Salt to taste.

Cheers V

On 8 August 2013 23:12, Nick Pettefar <Nick at pettefar.com> wrote:

Thanks Martin, I'll give that a try.

Regards,

Nick Pettefar

On 8 August 2013 16:06, Ward, Martin <Martin.Ward at colt.net> wrote:

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Hi Nick,****

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In the analysis.cfg file you can test for the existence or otherwise of a file or files. The section from the man page is:****

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 FILE filename [color] [things to check] [TRACK]****

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 DIR  directoryname  [color]  [size<MAXSIZE]   [size>MINSIZE]****

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 These entries control the status of the "files" column. They****

 allow  you  to  check  on  various data for files and direc-****

 tories.****

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 filename and directoryname are  names  of  files  or  direc-****

 tories,  with  a full path. You can use a regular expression****

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 client, if you prefix the expression with a '%' character.****

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Since you want the non-existance of a core file to be green you could create an entry like this:****

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HOST=*****

FILE=/var/core/* red noexist****

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Which should report the FILE column as green if nothing exists in /var/core and red if anything appears.****

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I haven’t tried this so you may need to poke at it a little, but hopefully it will give you a starting point.****

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*From:* Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] *On Behalf Of *Nick Pettefar *Sent:* 08 August 2013 15:44 *To:* xymon *Subject:* [Xymon] /var/core/ files****

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Is there a way to be alerted if any core files are created in /var/core/ (Solaris 10)? Just the presence of any core* file is sufficient.

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That's odd. It's green for me.

But we are also checking a few things for other files too. Might be a minor bug - if no file data comes through, it assumes no checks

• hence white. Can you add a check for the existence of a file. Something that will ALLWAYS be there, like /etc/passwd or similar.

If that works, you can leave it as a workarround, or talk to Henrik about a minor bug fix.

Cheers Vernon

On 10 August 2013 01:17, Nick Pettefar <Nick at pettefar.com> wrote:

Thanks! It is now working.

However, when there are no core files, the alert symbol is white and sad. How can I make it green and happy please?

Regards,

Nick Pettefar Dublin

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