Resolved. It turns out I have a bash script running from hobbitlaunch.cfg, and in bash parenthesis have a special meaning and thus it blows up when running the cmd:
. /usr/local/xymon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
I changed the MAILC line to use single quotes such as:
MAILC="/usr/bin/nail -r 'user-4b9489cbb9ab@xymon.invalid (Xymon)'"
And all is well. Sorry for the email traffic, but hey, this will hit the archive and maybe help someone in the future ;)
-Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Moore
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 4:58 PM
To: Tom Moore; user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: Issue with MAILC env variable?
Actually.. I think I've narrowed it down to this in the hobbitlaunch.cfg file
ENVFILE /usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
When it's parsing that it gives the error for the MAILC option. The server itself seems to send out emails fine with the syntax on alerts.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Moore
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 3:12 PM
To: 'user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid'
Subject: Issue with MAILC env variable?
I'm trying to use the -r option in "nail" to change the from address headers. It works fine if I just have an email address, however if I use the (Name) nomenclature the hobbitd bombs with this error:
/usr/local/xymon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg: line 97: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/usr/local/xymon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg: line 97: `MAILC="/usr/bin/nail -r "user-4b9489cbb9ab@xymon.invalid (Xymon)""
Env is this:
MAILC="/usr/bin/nail -r "user-4b9489cbb9ab@xymon.invalid (Xymon)""
MAIL="$MAILC -s"
From the command line this works fine as well:
/usr/bin/nail -r "user-4b9489cbb9ab@xymon.invalid (Xymon)" user-fd45172e7876@xymon.invalid
Is there something in Xymon that is interpreting the parenthesis? I've even tried to escape them with \ to no avail.
Thx,
Tom