On 1/26/07, Matt McGrievy <mcgrievy at email.unc.edu> wrote:

Hi Don,

Depending on which Linux distribution you're running, you may be able to do an RPM -- in my case, I built from source. So here are the basic steps:

• download the full hobbitserver tar.gz file (hobbit-4.2.0.tar.gz) from the Source Forge download page: http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=128058 Within that archive is both the client and the server.

• Unpack the tar.gz file and look at the README.CLIENT file -- that has all the information for building the client. You should read that whole file because it has lots of useful information, but here's the part that's pertinent to your question...

To build the client:

     - create a "hobbit" userid on the system
       (not required, but recommended).
     - extract the Hobbit source archive
     - cd to the hobbit-X.X directory
     - run "./configure --client; make"
     - as root, run "make install"

HTH, Matt

Matt & Rob,

Thanks. That was the piece my thick brain was having trouble with. I did read the readme files but didn't quite understand the need to install the full version onto a monitored client.

Next question, but still somewhat related. The Hobbit server is FreeBSD and installed from ports. Will it make a difference if the version I download to clients is different than server, assuming I stay within the version 4.2.x level ?

Thanks again

~Don

Don Munyak wrote:

Thanks. That was the piece my thick brain was having trouble with. I did read the readme files but didn't quite understand the need to install the full version onto a monitored client. No need to install the full version on all clients. Simply install the client on 1 server and then tar the client directory and copy this to the other servers. Adding a hobbit user on the new client and untaring the archive in the home directory. Then run the client.

Br Thomas