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Can't read, should be red

list Buchan Milne
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:58:41 +0200
Message-Id: <user-bfa5b2592607@xymon.invalid>

On Wednesday 19 November 2008 08:39:44 Josh Luthman wrote:
Does anyone else believe that if a check, msgs for example, should be read
if it can't read /var/log/messages?

It only makes sense for it to call attention in this case, does it not?

I bring this up because I just installed a Xymon server at home and noticed
that msgs was green and I had not given my xymon user permission to read it
yet.  I believe it would be a great reminder and security would benefit.
If you have correctly configured any msgs checks, and hobbit can't read the 
relevant log file, the test shows up yellow, warning which file it could not 
read.