message never goes away.
list Robert P McGraw
I have one client that sends out the /var/adm/messages files but on the server side it never seems to clear itself. On the display server the Critical entry was on June 8 at 13:28:00 but the current time is June 9 15:38:52. I though it would only show the error message for X amount of time. This is what the Display server shows under "msgs". System logs at Wed Jun 9 15:58:08 EDT 2010 red Critical entries in /var/adm/messages red Jun 8 13:28:00 conon.math.purdue.edu su: [ID 810491 auth.crit] 'su root' failed for admin on /dev/pts/3 Full log /var/adm/messages <...SKIPPED...> th.purdue.edu -- MARK -- Jun 6 19:19:14 conon.math.purdue.edu -- MARK -- Jun 6 19:39:14 conon.math.purdue.edu -- MARK -- Jun 6 19:59:13 conon.math.purdue.edu -- MARK -- Jun 6 20:19:13 conon.math.purdue.edu -- MARK -- Jun 6 20:39:13 conon.math.purdue.edu -- MARK -- Jun 6 20:59:13 conon.math.purdue.edu -- MARK -- Jun 6 21:19:13 conon.math.purdue.edu -- MARK -- Jun 6 21:39:13 conon.math.purdue.edu -- MARK -- : : Jun 9 13:58:53 conon.math.purdue.edu -- MARK -- Jun 9 14:18:53 conon.math.purdue.edu -- MARK -- Jun 9 14:38:53 conon.math.purdue.edu -- MARK -- Jun 9 14:58:53 conon.math.purdue.edu -- MARK -- Jun 9 15:18:53 conon.math.purdue.edu -- MARK -- Jun 9 15:38:52 conon.math.purdue.edu -- MARK -- ---- Any idea why the error messages do not stop displaying? Thanks Robert Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX XXX N. University Street West Lafayette, IN XXXXX-XXXX
list Robert P McGraw
I think I have figure out my problem. I am not sure of the format of the file logfetch.status but it looked like the following: /var/adm/messages:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 I cleaned up some files and restarted the hobbit client on the host conon and now the file looks like /var/adm/messages:23485:23485:23436:23436:23436:23436:23387 It looks like the numbers are the number of characters in the file every x minutes, but just a guess. It seem to be working now so this can be closed. Robert
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-----Original Message----- From: McGraw, Robert P Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 4:03 PM To: 'user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid' Subject: message never goes away. I have one client that sends out the /var/adm/messages files but on the server side it never seems to clear itself. On the display server the Critical entry was on June 8 at 13:28:00 but the current time is June 9 15:38:52. I though it would only show the error message for X amount of time. This is what the Display server shows under "msgs". Any idea why the error messages do not stop displaying? Thanks Robert Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: user-33cf07af04dd@xymon.invalid Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (XXX) XXX-XXXX XXX N. University Street West Lafayette, IN XXXXX-XXXX