[hobbit] problem apt

[mickael]

Xymon User in Richmond wrote:
> On Fri, February 26, 2010 03:39, doctor at makelofine.org wrote:
>   
>> On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:37:52 +0100, mickael <debian at robertain.com> 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 <debian at robertain.com
>>>> <mailto:debian at robertain.com>> 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 , Mickael
>>>>
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>>>>         
>>> 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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>> 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":
>
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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 ?