[hobbit] a tiny logfile problem

Kolbjørn Barmen kolbjorn.barmen at uninett.no
Wed Aug 23 20:05:02 CEST 2006


I havent seen any respons on this.. am I the only one experiencing this as
a problem? :)


On Mon, 21 Aug 2006, Kolbjørn Barmen wrote:

> Due to the nature of the LOG entries in client-local.cfg I keep getting
> red dots evey now and then.
> 
> [linux]
> log:/var/log/messages:10240
> ignore MARK
> 
> The number 10240 is the MAXDATA in bytes that will be cheked.
> The problem is that this results in uncomplete lines, and hence my IGNORE
> patterns does not always apply.
> 
> For instance, on certain machines I log named queries, however I want
> Hobbit to ignore query errors, so I have a this in hobbit-client.cfg
> "IGNORE=%(named.*query|floppy|interrupt)" which mostly works.
> 
> However, every now and then the msgs page for this host shows a "Full log"
> starting with
> 
> "med[1327]: client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx#1057: query: www.errorsafe.com IN A"
> 
> where "med" is the end of "named" - this ofcourse sneaks past my IGNORE.
> 
> Would it be possible for the clients to not report on uncomplete lines?
> 
> I'm tempted to name this a bug, I'm just sorry I didnt catch this before
> 4.2.0 release, it's just that they pass along quite briefly.

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Kolbjørn Barmen
UNINETT Driftsenter



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