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list Mickael
Hi , I'm new user hobbit and i must migrate our solution monitoring nagios to hobbit . I test hobbit from VM with a client and a server. I have some problems : first : i obtain this message : Packages not installed from apt repositories: postfixadmin (2.3) How to edit hobbit no longer have this error ? Second problem i obtain this error : No entries in /var/log/messages <http://serveur/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=Serveur.robertain.com&SECTION=msgs:/var/log/messages>; Full log /var/log/messages <http://serveur/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=Serveur.robertain.com&SECTION=msgs:/var/log/messages>; Cannot open logfile /var/log/messages : Permission denied What user hobbit use for open a file on the system ? Thank you for your help Best Regards , Mickael
list Larry Barber
In order to monitor /var/log/messages the hobbit user must be able to read the file, which by default is only readable by root. You either add hobbit to the root group, or what I usually do is make /var/log/messages use the hobbit group id. You also need to install the postfixadm package, see the apt-get man page for details. This package is necessary to run the postfix mail server. Thanks, Larry Barber
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On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:39 PM, mickael <user-e9a67911a618@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hi , I'm new user hobbit and i must migrate our solution monitoring nagios to hobbit . I test hobbit from VM with a client and a server. I have some problems : first : i obtain this message : Packages not installed from apt repositories: postfixadmin (2.3) How to edit hobbit no longer have this error ? Second problem i obtain this error : No entries in /var/log/messages < http://serveur/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=Serveur.robertain.com&SECTION=msgs:/var/log/messagesFull log /var/log/messages < http://serveur/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=Serveur.robertain.com&SECTION=msgs:/var/log/messagesCannot open logfile /var/log/messages : Permission denied What user hobbit use for open a file on the system ? Thank you for your help Best Regards , Mickael
list Mickael
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Larry Barber wrote:
In order to monitor /var/log/messages the hobbit user must be able to read the file, which by default is only readable by root. You either add hobbit to the root group, or what I usually do is make /var/log/messages use the hobbit group id.
You also need to install the postfixadm package, see the apt-get man page for details. This package is necessary to run the postfix mail server.
Thanks,
Larry Barber
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:39 PM, mickael <user-e9a67911a618@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-e9a67911a618@xymon.invalid>> wrote:
Hi ,
I'm new user hobbit and i must migrate our solution monitoring
nagios to hobbit . I test hobbit from VM with a client and a
server. I have some problems : first : i obtain this message :
Packages not installed from apt repositories:
postfixadmin (2.3)
How to edit hobbit no longer have this error ?
Second problem i obtain this error : No entries in /var/log/messages
Full log /var/log/messages
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Cannot open logfile /var/log/messages : Permission denied
What user hobbit use for open a file on the system ? Thank you for
your help
Best Regards , Mickael
Ok i put hobbit in the root group . For postfixadm , it already work correctly , i don't need install the packages with apt. I just want , don't have the error : Packages not installed from apt repositories: postfixadmin (2.3)
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On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:37:52 +0100, mickael <user-e9a67911a618@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Larry Barber wrote:In order to monitor /var/log/messages the hobbit user must be able to read the file, which by default is only readable by root. You either add hobbit to the root group, or what I usually do is make /var/log/messages use the hobbit group id. You also need to install the postfixadm package, see the apt-get man page for details. This package is necessary to run the postfix mail server. Thanks, Larry Barber On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:39 PM, mickael <user-e9a67911a618@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-e9a67911a618@xymon.invalid>> wrote: Hi , I'm new user hobbit and i must migrate our solution monitoring nagios to hobbit . I test hobbit from VM with a client and a server. I have some problems : first : i obtain this message : Packages not installed from apt repositories: postfixadmin (2.3) How to edit hobbit no longer have this error ? Second problem i obtain this error : No entries in
/var/log/messages
Full log /var/log/messages Cannot open logfile /var/log/messages : Permission denied What user hobbit use for open a file on the system ? Thank you for your help Best Regards , MickaelOk i put hobbit in the root group . For postfixadm , it already work correctly , i don't need install the packages with apt. I just want , don't have the error : Packages not installed from apt repositories: postfixadmin (2.3)
This error is due to the fact that the source of this package is not referenced in your APT servers. I had to comment the line 149 in bb-check-apt.pl to disable this alert. I don't mind about package sources, because I'm the only that can install packages. About your persimssion issue, I disagree with the answer you get, adding xymon, that has automated scripts (like plugins) is not very secure I think. So I use ACL (on ext3 FS) to get xymon the right to read some files, as /var/log/messages. Regards, Damien
list Padraig Lennon
Is there a quick way in Hobbit/Xymon to check that certain drives are actually mounted on a given client? I want to be alerted if a drive is not mounted.. (for restart etc...) Thanks Padraig Lennon Senior Systems Integration Engineer Pioneer Investments Management Ltd 5th Floor |Georges Quay Plaza | Georges Quay | Dublin 2 | Rep. of Ireland Tel. +353 (0)1 480.2081 user-7738cfcc6ae0@xymon.invalid | www.pioneerinvestments.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -------------- next part -------------- "The information in this e-mail and in any attachments is confidential and intended solely for the attention and use of the named addressee(s). This information may be subject to legal, professional or other privilege and further distribution of it is strictly prohibited without our authority. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorised to and must not disclose, copy, distribute, or retain this message or any part of it, and should notify us immediately. This footnote also confirms that this email has been automatically scanned for the presence of computer viruses, profanities and certain file types." Pioneer Investment Management Limited. 1 George’s Quay Plaza, George’s Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland. Registered in Ireland no. 287793.
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On Fri, February 26, 2010 03:39, user-d54077869176@xymon.invalid wrote:
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:37:52 +0100, mickael <user-e9a67911a618@xymon.invalid> wrote:Larry Barber wrote:In order to monitor /var/log/messages the hobbit user must be able to read the file, which by default is only readable by root. You either add hobbit to the root group, or what I usually do is make /var/log/messages use the hobbit group id. You also need to install the postfixadm package, see the apt-get man page for details. This package is necessary to run the postfix mail server. Thanks, Larry Barber On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:39 PM, mickael <user-e9a67911a618@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-e9a67911a618@xymon.invalid>> wrote: Hi , I'm new user hobbit and i must migrate our solution monitoring nagios to hobbit . I test hobbit from VM with a client and a server. I have some problems : first : i obtain this message : Packages not installed from apt repositories: postfixadmin (2.3) How to edit hobbit no longer have this error ? Second problem i obtain this error : No entries in/var/log/messagesFull log /var/log/messages Cannot open logfile /var/log/messages : Permission denied What user hobbit use for open a file on the system ? Thank you for your help Best Regards , MickaelOk i put hobbit in the root group . For postfixadm , it already work correctly , i don't need install the packages with apt. I just want , don't have the error : Packages not installed from apt repositories: postfixadmin (2.3)This error is due to the fact that the source of this package is not referenced in your APT servers. I had to comment the line 149 in bb-check-apt.pl to disable this alert. I don't mind about package sources, because I'm the only that can install packages. About your persimssion issue, I disagree with the answer you get, adding xymon, that has automated scripts (like plugins) is not very secure I think. So I use ACL (on ext3 FS) to get xymon the right to read some files, as /var/log/messages.
From a 11/2009 post by Christoph Berg, it appears that what may also work to avoid the alert is to put the package on "hold": echo postfixadmin hold | dpkg --set-selections
list Odinn
If you are referring to NFS mounted drives, it would be a simple script to write to check using showmount -- Jim Sloan Just remember, today is the day you thought tomorrow was going to be yesterday.
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From: "Lennon, Padraig" <user-7738cfcc6ae0@xymon.invalid>
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Sent: Fri, February 26, 2010 3:03:05 PM
Subject: [hobbit] Check for mounted drives on *nix servers
Is there a quick way in Hobbit/Xymon to check that certain drives are
actually mounted on a given client?
I want to be alerted if a drive is not mounted.. (for restart etc...)
Thanks
Padraig Lennon
Senior Systems Integration Engineer
Pioneer Investments Management Ltd
5th Floor |Georges Quay Plaza | Georges Quay | Dublin 2 | Rep. of
Ireland
Tel. +353 (0)1 480.2081
user-7738cfcc6ae0@xymon.invalid | www.pioneerinvestments.com
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list Jerald Sheets
You can even toss an empty file on the mount and use the file check facility to just check for it's existence. If you can't see it, the filesystem isn't mounted. I use a hidden file: /path/to/mount/.isAvail Works like a champ. --j
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On Feb 26, 2010, at 4:42 PM, Odinn wrote:
If you are referring to NFS mounted drives, it would be a simple script to write to check using showmount -- Jim Sloan Just remember, today is the day you thought tomorrow was going to be yesterday. ----- Original Message ---- From: "Lennon, Padraig" <user-7738cfcc6ae0@xymon.invalid> To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid Sent: Fri, February 26, 2010 3:03:05 PM Subject: [hobbit] Check for mounted drives on *nix servers Is there a quick way in Hobbit/Xymon to check that certain drives are actually mounted on a given client? I want to be alerted if a drive is not mounted.. (for restart etc...) Thanks Padraig Lennon Senior Systems Integration Engineer Pioneer Investments Management Ltd 5th Floor |Georges Quay Plaza | Georges Quay | Dublin 2 | Rep. of Ireland Tel. +353 (0)1 480.2081 user-7738cfcc6ae0@xymon.invalid | www.pioneerinvestments.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
list Padraig Lennon
Nope.. Just SAN attached drives.. Thanks though, Was just wondering if
there was something built in that I could use..
In the meantime i've written a draft server-side perl script based on
rootlogin.pl which parses the client data from *nix servers and checks
against a predefined array of servers and drives.. Makes it easier...
my %hosts = (
server1 => [ "/path/of/drive1", "/path/of/drive2" ],
server2 => [ "/path/of/drive1", "/path/of/drive2" ],
server3 => [ "/path/of/drive1", "/path/of/drive2" ],
);
Etc....
It sends a status message called chkmnt like so...
Mounted Drive Check - server1
green /path/of/drive1 is mounted
red /path/of/drive2 is NOT mounted
green /path/of/drive3 is mounted
...
If anyone wants a copy I can put it up on the shire...
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Padraig Lennon
Senior Systems Integration Engineer
Pioneer Investments Management Ltd
5th Floor |Georges Quay Plaza | Georges Quay | Dublin 2 | Rep. of
Ireland
Tel. +353 (0)1 480.2081
user-7738cfcc6ae0@xymon.invalid | www.pioneerinvestments.com
Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
-----Original Message-----
From: Odinn [mailto:user-385fc81b8782@xymon.invalid]
Sent: 26 February 2010 21:42
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Check for mounted drives on *nix servers
If you are referring to NFS mounted drives, it would be a simple script
to write to check using showmount
--
Jim Sloan
Just remember, today is the day you thought tomorrow was going to be
yesterday.
----- Original Message ----
From: "Lennon, Padraig" <user-7738cfcc6ae0@xymon.invalid>
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Sent: Fri, February 26, 2010 3:03:05 PM
Subject: [hobbit] Check for mounted drives on *nix servers
Is there a quick way in Hobbit/Xymon to check that certain drives are
actually mounted on a given client?
I want to be alerted if a drive is not mounted.. (for restart etc...)
Thanks
Padraig Lennon
Senior Systems Integration Engineer
Pioneer Investments Management Ltd
5th Floor |Georges Quay Plaza | Georges Quay | Dublin 2 | Rep. of
Ireland
Tel. +353 (0)1 480.2081
user-7738cfcc6ae0@xymon.invalid | www.pioneerinvestments.com
Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
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list Padraig Lennon
Good idea... Thanks Padraig Lennon Senior Systems Integration Engineer Pioneer Investments Management Ltd 5th Floor |Georges Quay Plaza | Georges Quay | Dublin 2 | Rep. of Ireland Tel. +353 (0)1 480.2081 user-7738cfcc6ae0@xymon.invalid | www.pioneerinvestments.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -----Original Message----- From: Jerald Sheets [mailto:user-96a6f34c5806@xymon.invalid] Sent: 26 February 2010 21:51 To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid Subject: Re: [hobbit] Check for mounted drives on *nix servers You can even toss an empty file on the mount and use the file check facility to just check for it's existence. If you can't see it, the filesystem isn't mounted. I use a hidden file: /path/to/mount/.isAvail Works like a champ. --j On Feb 26, 2010, at 4:42 PM, Odinn wrote:
If you are referring to NFS mounted drives, it would be a simple script to write to check using showmount -- Jim Sloan Just remember, today is the day you thought tomorrow was going to be yesterday. ----- Original Message ---- From: "Lennon, Padraig" <user-7738cfcc6ae0@xymon.invalid> To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid Sent: Fri, February 26, 2010 3:03:05 PM Subject: [hobbit] Check for mounted drives on *nix servers Is there a quick way in Hobbit/Xymon to check that certain drives are actually mounted on a given client? I want to be alerted if a drive is not mounted.. (for restart etc...) Thanks Padraig Lennon Senior Systems Integration Engineer Pioneer Investments Management Ltd 5th Floor |Georges Quay Plaza | Georges Quay | Dublin 2 | Rep. of Ireland Tel. +353 (0)1 480.2081 user-7738cfcc6ae0@xymon.invalid | www.pioneerinvestments.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
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Xymon User in Richmond wrote:
On Fri, February 26, 2010 03:39, user-d54077869176@xymon.invalid wrote:On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:37:52 +0100, mickael <user-e9a67911a618@xymon.invalid> wrote:Larry Barber wrote:In order to monitor /var/log/messages the hobbit user must be able to read the file, which by default is only readable by root. You either add hobbit to the root group, or what I usually do is make /var/log/messages use the hobbit group id. You also need to install the postfixadm package, see the apt-get man page for details. This package is necessary to run the postfix mail server. Thanks, Larry Barber On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:39 PM, mickael <user-e9a67911a618@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-e9a67911a618@xymon.invalid>> wrote: Hi , I'm new user hobbit and i must migrate our solution monitoring nagios to hobbit . I test hobbit from VM with a client and a server. I have some problems : first : i obtain this message : Packages not installed from apt repositories: postfixadmin (2.3) How to edit hobbit no longer have this error ? Second problem i obtain this error : No entries in/var/log/messagesFull log /var/log/messages Cannot open logfile /var/log/messages : Permission denied What user hobbit use for open a file on the system ? Thank you for your help Best Regards , MickaelOk i put hobbit in the root group . For postfixadm , it already work correctly , i don't need install the packages with apt. I just want , don't have the error : Packages not installed from apt repositories: postfixadmin (2.3)This error is due to the fact that the source of this package is not referenced in your APT servers. I had to comment the line 149 in bb-check-apt.pl to disable this alert. I don't mind about package sources, because I'm the only that can install packages. About your persimssion issue, I disagree with the answer you get, adding xymon, that has automated scripts (like plugins) is not very secure I think. So I use ACL (on ext3 FS) to get xymon the right to read some files, as /var/log/messages.From a 11/2009 post by , it appears that what may also work to avoid the alert is to put the package on "hold":
Already thank you for your help . i had test this night your solution for read the log message chmod 644 on the file and it's ok now :) . But i have always a problem with apt. I have the same problems , I tried what you told me "echo postfixadmin hold | dpkg --set-selections" after i check that the parameter is ok with : $ dpkg --get-selections |grep post libpostproc51 install postfix install postfix-mysql install postfixadmin hold ====> status is hold I have always the same problem Packages not installed from apt repositories: postfixadmin (2.3) Are you a other idea ?