I tried the following syntax:

LOG /var/log/messages %authentication\sfailure color=yellow

The messages appears as an alert but the color remains green.

Is this syntax correct?

Robert Manocchia

UNIX System Administrator

IDEXX Laboratories

207 556-6860

EMail Robert-Manocchia at idexx.com

-----Original Message----- From: Giovanni - Gestor Redix [mailto:giovanni at redix.com.br] Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 8:48 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] LOG alert not showing yellow

Try using this syntax (changing space with \s + pcre) LOG /var/log/messages %authentication\sfailure color=yellow

Giovanni M. Frainer - Gestor

Sello Tlabela (SD) wrote:

Hi Manocchia,

It could be access rights, if you are running hobbit using the init script it will run as user hobbit and make sure that hobbit user can read /var/log/messages

Regards

Sello Tlabela

From: Manocchia, Robert [mailto:Robert-Manocchia at IDEXX.com <mailto:Robert-Manocchia at IDEXX.com> ] Sent: 05 June 2007 21:38 To: 'hobbit at hswn.dk <mailto:hobbit at hswn.dk> ' Subject: [hobbit] LOG alert not showing yellow

I have a small problem. I've set up monitoring of the /var/log/messages logfile to search for the string "authentication failure" and alert with a yellow button in the MSG column. I can see the error displayed when I click on the button below the Msg column header but it does not turn yellow.

Below is the entry in the clients-local.cfg file:

[batman]

log:/var/log/messages:10240

ignore MARK

This is the entry in the hobbit-clients.cfg file:

HOST=batman

    LOG     /var/log/messages       authentication failure  color=yellow

Why doesn't this give me a yellow alert.

Thanks

Robert Manocchia

UNIX System Administrator

IDEXX Laboratories

207 556-6860

EMail Robert-Manocchia at idexx.com <mailto:Robert-Manocchia at idexx.com>

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