Larry Barber wrote:

In order to monitor /var/log/messages the hobbit user must be able to read the file, which by default is only readable by root. You either add hobbit to the root group, or what I usually do is make /var/log/messages use the hobbit group id.

You also need to install the postfixadm package, see the apt-get man page for details. This package is necessary to run the postfix mail server.

Thanks, Larry Barber

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:39 PM, mickael <debian at robertain.com <mailto:debian at robertain.com>> wrote:

Hi ,
I'm new user hobbit and i must migrate our solution monitoring
nagios to hobbit . I test hobbit from VM with a client and a
server. I have some problems : first : i obtain this message :
Packages not installed from apt repositories:
 postfixadmin (2.3)

How to edit hobbit no longer have this error ?
Second problem i obtain this error : No entries in /var/log/messages
Full log /var/log/messages
Cannot open logfile /var/log/messages : Permission denied

What user hobbit use for open a file on the system ? Thank you for
your help
Best Regards , Mickael


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Ok i put hobbit in the root group . For postfixadm , it already work correctly , i don't need install the packages with apt. I just want , don't have the error : Packages not installed from apt repositories: postfixadmin (2.3)

Is there a quick way in Hobbit/Xymon to check that certain drives are actually mounted on a given client?

I want to be alerted if a drive is not mounted.. (for restart etc...)

Thanks

Padraig Lennon Senior Systems Integration Engineer

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You can even toss an empty file on the mount and use the file check facility to just check for it's existence. If you can't see it, the filesystem isn't mounted.

I use a hidden file:

/path/to/mount/.isAvail

Works like a champ.

--j

On Feb 26, 2010, at 4:42 PM, Odinn wrote:

If you are referring to NFS mounted drives, it would be a simple script to write to check using showmount

Jim Sloan

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----- Original Message ---- From: "Lennon, Padraig" <Padraig.Lennon at pioneerinvestments.com> To: hobbit at hswn.dk Sent: Fri, February 26, 2010 3:03:05 PM Subject: [hobbit] Check for mounted drives on *nix servers

Is there a quick way in Hobbit/Xymon to check that certain drives are actually mounted on a given client?

I want to be alerted if a drive is not mounted.. (for restart etc...)

Thanks

Padraig Lennon Senior Systems Integration Engineer

Pioneer Investments Management Ltd 5th Floor |Georges Quay Plaza | Georges Quay | Dublin 2 | Rep. of Ireland Tel. +353 (0)1 480.2081

padraig.lennon at pioneerinvestments.com | www.pioneerinvestments.com

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Nope.. Just SAN attached drives.. Thanks though, Was just wondering if there was something built in that I could use..

In the meantime i've written a draft server-side perl script based on rootlogin.pl which parses the client data from *nix servers and checks against a predefined array of servers and drives.. Makes it easier...

my %hosts = ( server1 => [ "/path/of/drive1", "/path/of/drive2" ], server2 => [ "/path/of/drive1", "/path/of/drive2" ], server3 => [ "/path/of/drive1", "/path/of/drive2" ], );

Etc....

It sends a status message called chkmnt like so...

Mounted Drive Check - server1

green /path/of/drive1 is mounted red /path/of/drive2 is NOT mounted green /path/of/drive3 is mounted

...

If anyone wants a copy I can put it up on the shire...

Padraig Lennon Senior Systems Integration Engineer

Pioneer Investments Management Ltd 5th Floor |Georges Quay Plaza | Georges Quay | Dublin 2 | Rep. of Ireland Tel. +353 (0)1 480.2081

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-----Original Message----- From: Odinn [mailto:odinn_asgaard at yahoo.com] Sent: 26 February 2010 21:42 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Check for mounted drives on *nix servers

If you are referring to NFS mounted drives, it would be a simple script to write to check using showmount

Jim Sloan

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----- Original Message ---- From: "Lennon, Padraig" <Padraig.Lennon at pioneerinvestments.com> To: hobbit at hswn.dk Sent: Fri, February 26, 2010 3:03:05 PM Subject: [hobbit] Check for mounted drives on *nix servers

Is there a quick way in Hobbit/Xymon to check that certain drives are actually mounted on a given client?

I want to be alerted if a drive is not mounted.. (for restart etc...)

Thanks

Padraig Lennon Senior Systems Integration Engineer

Pioneer Investments Management Ltd 5th Floor |Georges Quay Plaza | Georges Quay | Dublin 2 | Rep. of Ireland Tel. +353 (0)1 480.2081

padraig.lennon at pioneerinvestments.com | www.pioneerinvestments.com

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Xymon User in Richmond wrote:

On Fri, February 26, 2010 03:39, doctor at makelofine.org wrote:

...

On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:37:52 +0100, mickael <debian at robertain.com> wrote:

...

Larry Barber wrote:

...

In order to monitor /var/log/messages the hobbit user must be able to read the file, which by default is only readable by root. You either add hobbit to the root group, or what I usually do is make /var/log/messages use the hobbit group id.

You also need to install the postfixadm package, see the apt-get man page for details. This package is necessary to run the postfix mail server.

Thanks, Larry Barber

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:39 PM, mickael <debian at robertain.com <mailto:debian at robertain.com>> wrote:

Hi ,
I'm new user hobbit and i must migrate our solution monitoring
nagios to hobbit . I test hobbit from VM with a client and a
server. I have some problems : first : i obtain this message :
Packages not installed from apt repositories:
 postfixadmin (2.3)

How to edit hobbit no longer have this error ?
Second problem i obtain this error : No entries in
    

/var/log/messages

...

...

Full log /var/log/messages
Cannot open logfile /var/log/messages : Permission denied

What user hobbit use for open a file on the system ? Thank you for
your help
Best Regards , Mickael


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Ok i put hobbit in the root group . For postfixadm , it already work correctly , i don't need install the packages with apt. I just want , don't have the error : Packages not installed from apt repositories: postfixadmin (2.3)

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This error is due to the fact that the source of this package is not referenced in your APT servers. I had to comment the line 149 in bb-check-apt.pl to disable this alert. I don't mind about package sources, because I'm the only that can install packages.

About your persimssion issue, I disagree with the answer you get, adding xymon, that has automated scripts (like plugins) is not very secure I think. So I use ACL (on ext3 FS) to get xymon the right to read some files, as /var/log/messages.

From a 11/2009 post by , it appears that what may also work to avoid the alert is to put the package on "hold":

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Already thank you for your help . i had test this night your solution for read the log message chmod 644 on the file and it's ok now :) . But i have always a problem with apt.

I have the same problems , I tried what you told me "echo postfixadmin hold | dpkg --set-selections" after i check that the parameter is ok with :

$ dpkg --get-selections |grep post

libpostproc51 install

postfix install

postfix-mysql install

postfixadmin hold ====> status is hold

I have always the same problem

Packages not installed from apt repositories:

postfixadmin (2.3)

Are you a other idea ?