I have been unable to get the msgs test to work. I have configured client-local.cfg

[sunos]
log:/var/adm/messages:10240

and hobbit-clients.cfg

HOST=cicero
LOG %/var/adm/messages %fatal COLOR=red

The Hobbit server sends Cicero the client-local.cfg directives, because Cicero's ~hobbit/client/tmp/logfetch.cicero.cfg shows

log:/var/adm/messages:10240

but if I look in ~hobbit/client/tmp/msgs.cicero.txt it says:

[msgs:/var/adm/messages]

[logfile:/var/adm/messages]
type:100000 (file)
mode:644 (-rw-r--r--)
...
...

The messages file has been stocked exclusively with messages containing the word 'fatal'. The stanza 'logfile:/var/adm/messages' knows the file is large and visible, but the stanza 'msgs:/var/adm/messages' says the file is null, and that's evidently what gets reported back to the Hobbit server. So my msgs test never goes from green to red.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks, David

David Mostardi Advisory Systems Manager Elsevier MDL 2440 Camino Ramon, Suite 300 San Ramon CA 94583 925.543.7350 www.mdl.com