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list Josh Luthman
Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:54:54 -0500
Message-Id: <user-80ad0331b19f@xymon.invalid>

Can you please do an namei -m /var/log/syslog7 and then give us the print
out?

On 11/14/07, Perumal, Santoshbabu <user-bc15f54a09ea@xymon.invalid> wrote:
 thanks for your replies

    i can see the  file on the gui right now.but cann not view the
contents of the file.if i click it is saying that unknown filetype(opens
small window).can anyone help me on this

   my hobbit-client.cfg file
       HOST=tower
        DISK / 93 98
        PROC cron 1 -1 yellow
        PROC Xvnc 1 120 yellow
        PROC defunct  0 0  red
        LOG /var/adm/messages  WARNING COLOR=yellow
        LOG /var/log/syslog   WARNING COLOR=yellow
        DIR %^/var/log TRACK
        FILE /bin/su md5=c80fc747e24fa8bfa099cbef0bfb926f
        FILE %^/var/log/syslog.* TRACK=maillog

my client-local.cfg file

    [tower]
   file:/bin/su:md5
   file:`ls -t -1 /var/log/syslog.*|head -1`

In the gui i can see /var/log/syslog7 if i click on the file getting
unknown filetype error.cannot able to view the file.please advise if my
entries wrong

Thanks
   santhosh.p


*From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid]
*Sent:* Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:12 PM
*To:* user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
*Subject:* Re: [hobbit] monitoring files and messages

I'm still amazed at how little this command hasn't gotten around - it is a
real beautiful tool!

Try doing a namei -m /var/adm/sa/sar12 and see if the hobbit user has the
necessary access to read the file (and can execute directories up to it!)

On 11/13/07, Paul Ehrenreich <user-98a0adc73677@xymon.invalid> wrote:
does the hobbit user have access to the logs and the files?

On Nov 13, 2007 4:53 PM, Steve Holmes <user-ec1bf77b1b44@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Have you also added the required lines to client-local.cfg?
Steve.


On Nov 13, 2007 3:48 PM, Perumal, Santoshbabu
<user-bc15f54a09ea@xymon.invalid > wrote:

Hi,
       can anyone help me to monitor files and procs

  in the Hobbit-client.cfg file i have mentioned the following
entries

  HOST=tower
  FILE  /var/adm/sa/sar12
  LOG /var/log/syslog   WARNING COLOR=yellow


but i could not able to see anything on the gui.i can see white icon
if i
click on this i see no files checked status and if i click msg icon i
cann
see only /var/adm/messages i coild not see /var/log/sulog.how can i
resolve
this problem.please help me on this

Thanks in advance

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