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m> "Gore, David W" <user-3e5761c68b56@xymon.invalid> writes:

-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik St=C3=B8rner [mailto:user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid]=20
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 22:14
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] bb-ack
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In=20
<user-ad6711ad8037@xymon.invalid
m> "Gore, David W" <user-3e5761c68b56@xymon.invalid> writes:
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I am running Red Hat release 4 and the latest snapshot.  I am >> >also=20 running Apache 2.0.52.  When I try to acknowledge an >> >alert=20
it shows me=20
ALL the services that are alarming not just the alert I was=20
interested=20
in.  Any idea what I can do to debug?

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That would usually mean that the cookie used by the bb-ack=20  CGI to >>determine what page or host you were looking at is=20  missing. Maybe >>you have cookies disabled in your browser policy ?
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The cookies are not disabled.  Viewing the cookies in firefox I can see >= that the host cookie does NOT contain the hostname.  It does contain >the = hostname on a working server. =20

So I installed the last test release from xymon.com web page.  It also >= exhibits the same problem.  I would guess that it is a permission = >problem since I have to correct numerous files to get the server and = >client to work properly.

Quite unlikely, the cookie is exchanged directly between the Xymon server and your browser.

On the webpage where you view the status (just before going to the ack- page), try doing a "View Source" (ctrl-U in Firefox). Near the top you should see two lines like these:
  <META HTTP-EQUIV="Set-Cookie" CONTENT="pagepath=mypage; path=/">
  <META HTTP-EQUIV="Set-Cookie" CONTENT="host=; path=/"> (either the 'pagepath' or the 'host' cookie should be set, not both).
Are these correct ?

There shouldn't be any file-permission issues with the final 4.2.2 release.


Regards,
Henrik

-----Original Message-----
From: Gore, David W Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 16:03
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] bb-ack

-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik Størner [mailto:user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 11:52
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] bb-ack

In

<user-8933222b8ee8@xymon.invalid
m> "Gore, David W" <user-3e5761c68b56@xymon.invalid> writes:

-----Original Message-----

From: Henrik St=C3=B8rner [mailto:user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid]=20
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 22:14
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] bb-ack
=20
In=20
<user-ad6711ad8037@xymon.invalid
m> "Gore, David W" <user-3e5761c68b56@xymon.invalid> writes:
=20

I am running Red Hat release 4 and the latest snapshot.  I am > >> >also=20 running Apache 2.0.52.  When I try to acknowledge an > >> >alert=20
it shows me=20
ALL the services that are alarming not just the alert I was=20
interested=20
in.  Any idea what I can do to debug?

=20
That would usually mean that the cookie used by the
bb-ack=20  CGI to
determine what page or host you were looking at is=20
missing. Maybe
you have cookies disabled in your browser policy ?
=20
The cookies are not disabled.  Viewing the cookies in
firefox I can see

= that the host cookie does NOT contain the hostname.  It
does contain
the = hostname on a working server. =20

So I installed the last test release from xymon.com web
page.  It also

= exhibits the same problem.  I would guess that it is a
permission =
problem since I have to correct numerous files to get the
server and =
client to work properly.
Quite unlikely, the cookie is exchanged directly between the Xymon > server and your browser.
On the webpage where you view the status (just before going to the > ack- page), try doing a "View Source" (ctrl-U in Firefox). Near the > top you should see two lines like these:

  <META HTTP-EQUIV="Set-Cookie" CONTENT="pagepath=mypage; path=/">
  <META HTTP-EQUIV="Set-Cookie" CONTENT="host=; path=/"> (either the > 'pagepath' or the 'host' cookie should be set, not both).
Are these correct ?

No they are not correct.  They match what I am seeing in the cookies:

<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="60"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="EXPIRES" CONTENT="Sat, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Set-Cookie" CONTENT="pagepath=; path=/"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Set-Cookie" CONTENT="host=; path=/"> <TITLE>yellow : Xymon - Status @ Mon Jan 05 15:44:42 2009</TITLE>

The EXPIRES date is sort of odd isn't it?  Is that set by Xymon, you can see the Xymon Status date.  We set our Xymon servers to GMT.

I did try to install 4.2.2 over top our test version but I get the same headers as above.

~David

There shouldn't be any file-permission issues with the final

4.2.2 release.

Regards,

Henrik

-----Original Message-----
From: Gore, David W Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 16:48
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] bb-ack

-----Original Message-----
From: Gore, David W
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 16:03
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] bb-ack

-----Original Message-----

From: Henrik Størner [mailto:user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 11:52
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] bb-ack

In

<user-8933222b8ee8@xymon.invalid
m> "Gore, David W" <user-3e5761c68b56@xymon.invalid> writes:

-----Original Message-----

From: Henrik St=C3=B8rner [mailto:user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid]=20
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 22:14
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] bb-ack
=20
In=20
<user-ad6711ad8037@xymon.invalid
m> "Gore, David W" <user-3e5761c68b56@xymon.invalid> writes:
=20

I am running Red Hat release 4 and the latest snapshot.  I am > > >> >also=20 running Apache 2.0.52.  When I try to acknowledge an > > >> >alert=20
it shows me=20
ALL the services that are alarming not just the alert I was=20
interested=20
in.  Any idea what I can do to debug?

=20
That would usually mean that the cookie used by the
bb-ack=20  CGI to
determine what page or host you were looking at is=20
missing. Maybe
you have cookies disabled in your browser policy ?
=20

The cookies are not disabled.  Viewing the cookies in
firefox I can see

= that the host cookie does NOT contain the hostname.  It
does contain
the = hostname on a working server. =20

So I installed the last test release from xymon.com web
page.  It also

= exhibits the same problem.  I would guess that it is a
permission =
problem since I have to correct numerous files to get the
server and =
client to work properly.

Quite unlikely, the cookie is exchanged directly between the Xymon > > server and your browser.
On the webpage where you view the status (just before going to the
ack- page), try doing a "View Source" (ctrl-U in Firefox). Near the > > top you should see two lines like these:

  <META HTTP-EQUIV="Set-Cookie" CONTENT="pagepath=mypage; path=/">
  <META HTTP-EQUIV="Set-Cookie" CONTENT="host=; path=/">

(either the

'pagepath' or the 'host' cookie should be set, not both).
Are these correct ?
No they are not correct.  They match what I am seeing in the cookies:
<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="60"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="EXPIRES" > CONTENT="Sat, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Set-Cookie" > CONTENT="pagepath=; path=/"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Set-Cookie" > CONTENT="host=; path=/"> <TITLE>yellow : Xymon - Status @ Mon Jan 05 > 15:44:42 2009</TITLE>
The EXPIRES date is sort of odd isn't it?  Is that set by Xymon, you > can see the Xymon Status date.  We set our Xymon servers to GMT.
I did try to install 4.2.2 over top our test version but I get the > same headers as above.
~David

There shouldn't be any file-permission issues with the final

4.2.2 release.

Regards,

Henrik

Disabling hosts is completely non-functional as well as I just realized.  When you select one or more hosts, nothing shows up in the Tests column.  Perhaps for the same reason bb-ack is not working?  Cookies?  Or something else?

~David