PS Now I either have all red or all purple status for redundant tests. I've tried the known trick to get rid of a test column but it's hasn't worked. Instead I'm getting xymond multi-source status errors for hosts primary IP and 127.0.0.1. I'd have manually removed the expired tests but I haven't been able to find the directory where they're stored.

I finally had to add tests for ssh, ssh1, and ssh2 just so the xymon webpage didn't look like the Apocalypse had arrived.

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 9:20 AM, Walter Rutherford <wlrutherford at alaska.edu> wrote:

Hello,

I'm trying to setup a test to check that my systems are running ssh2 but NOT ssh1. Ideally I just want a single column, ssh, that reports ssh2 and only ssh2 is running. I thought I'd have to use a combo test but all of the examples I see appear to be for a specific system rather than a column test for all of my monitored systems.

I was trying things like: (!ssh1 && ssh2) or sshtest = (( ssh1 != 1) && (ssh2 == 1))

But all I got for my trouble was red ssh1 indicators. Apparently even when ssh1 is disabled ssh returns a status line like: Protocol major versions differ: 1 vs. 2

which xymon reads as a positive result rather than a negative. I then tried matching the status message by modifying the test in protocols.cfg but, since I have to also match positive results, that didn't work either.

I'm sure I used to do this with Big Brother but at that time I'm pretty sure ssh1 just failed instead of returning a status so I could test for !ssh1.

Walter R.