I can add more to the mystery of the vanishing messages file...
Yes, the file is still there, it has always been there, and does have data. However, Hobbit, or the bbclient, thinks it is gone. Hobbit does have permission to get to and read this file (verified by su'ing to the hobbit UID, and then more'ing the file). There are normal message file entries in the log. It just thinks that it vanished, out of the blue...
We did notice some weirdness in that the server appears to be configured for clustering, however, it is not and has never been part of a cluster. And, the day that the file vanished, one of our system programmers logged in and ran a self made C program that we are not familiar with.
We'll continue to dig into it, but if anyone has any ideas beyond those mentioned by Nicolas, we'd be greatful.
Al
▸ quoted from Figaro Nicolas
From: FIGARO Nicolas [mailto:user-a732b870264c@xymon.invalid] Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 7:32 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] RE : [hobbit] tru64 file system vanished.
Hi,
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De : Cortes, Manny [mailto:user-4d8222bd9f10@xymon.invalid] Envoyé : mardi 13 décembre 2005 13:26
À : user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Objet : [hobbit] tru64 file system vanished.
Hello,
I have a situation where the /var/adm/messages file system is being reported as missing by hobbit under the "msgs" column. We've confirmed that the file system is still there and even tried a hobbit stop/start to no avail.
the filesystem is still here, but is the file still here (/var/adm/messages) ?
We have not loaded a new client on this server, still running the older bbclient but it's worked fine up till now.
sometimes the /var/adm/messages is rotated with the newsyslog (/usr/lib)
Any ideas?
check the newsyslog script to see if a new file is generated when the old one is rotated.
otherwise, you can simply add a line like this one :
date >> /var/adm/messages
after the log rotate.
Nicolas FIgaro
Thanks,
Manny
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