[hobbit] RE: **Caution-External**: RE: [hobbit] monitoring files and messages-newbie
Josh Luthman
josh at imaginenetworksllc.com
Wed Nov 14 07:43:24 CET 2007
Sorry, extremely tired tonight...
ls -ld (you will need the d to make it ls -l /var itself and not list the
contents of it)
On 11/14/07, Perumal, Santoshbabu <santoshbabu_perumal at platts.com> wrote:
>
> *bash-2.03$ ls -l /var
> *total 90
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Jul 6 2005 TT_DB
> drwxrwxr-x 9 root sys 512 Nov 11 03:10 adm
> drwxr-xr-x 8 root bin 512 Jul 6 2005 apache
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 512 Jul 6 2005 audit
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 512 Jul 6 2005 crash
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 512 Aug 13 2006 cron
> drwxr-xr-x 5 root sys 512 Jul 6 2005 dmi
> drwxrwxr-x 6 root root 512 Feb 4 2007 dt
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 512 Jul 6 2005 inet
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root bin 512 Nov 12 10:35 ld
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 512 Jul 6 2005 ldap
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 512 Nov 11 03:10 log
> drwx------ 2 root root 8192 Jul 6 2005 lost+found
> drwxrwxr-x 3 lp lp 512 Jul 6 2005 lp
> drwxrwxrwt 3 root mail 512 Nov 13 21:09 mail
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root bin 512 Jul 6 2005 news
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root bin 512 Jul 6 2005 nfs
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 512 Jul 6 2005 nis
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Jul 6 2005 ntp
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Jul 8 2005 opt
> drwxrwxrwt 3 root bin 512 Oct 27 2005 preserve
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 8 Jul 8 2005 rap -> /nsr/rap
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root sys 585 May 24 13:18 run
> drwxr-xr-x 11 root sys 512 Feb 4 2007 sadm
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root bin 512 Jul 6 2005 saf
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Feb 4 2007 snmp
> drwxr-xr-x 10 root bin 512 Jul 6 2005 spool
> drwxr-xr-x 4 daemon daemon 512 Jul 6 2005 statmon
> drwxrwxrwt 4 root sys 1024 Nov 13 21:08 tmp
> drwxr-xr-x 7 uucp uucp 512 Jul 6 2005 uucp
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root bin 512 Jul 6 2005 yp
> *bash-2.03$ ls -l /var/log/
> *total 544
> -rw------- 1 root sys 0 Jul 6 2005 authlog
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 604 Nov 11 2005 sysidconfig.log
> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root other 14500 Nov 13 21:09 syslog
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 32465 Nov 10 21:09 syslog.0
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 32259 Nov 3 21:09 syslog.1
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 32443 Oct 27 21:08 syslog.2
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 33041 Oct 20 21:08 syslog.3
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 32161 Oct 13 21:11 syslog.4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 31945 Oct 6 21:07 syslog.5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 31492 Sep 29 21:08 syslog.6
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 32281 Sep 22 21:08 syslog.7
> *bash-2.03$ ls -l /var/log/syslog.7*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 32281 Sep 22 21:08 /var/log/syslog.7
> *ls -ld /var*
> drwxr-xr-x 32 root sys 512 Jul 8 2005 /var
> all files are owned by root but others have read permission on all the
> files.
>
> Thanks
> santhosh.p
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 14, 2007 1:21 AM
> *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
> *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] RE: **Caution-External**: RE: [hobbit] monitoring
> files and messages-newbie
>
> As an alternative to namei you can do...
>
> ls -l /var
> ls -l /var/log
> ls -l /var/log/syslog7
>
> and then give me the print outs. This will confirm the theory to see if
> your hobbit can read the /var/log/syslog7 file or not.
>
> On 11/14/07, Perumal, Santoshbabu <santoshbabu_perumal at platts.com> wrote:
> >
> > hi,
> > i can get output when i execute namei -m command on linux.out client
> > machine is solaris.when i ecexute your command on client i am getting
> > command not found error.do we need to have this commad on clientside to
> > view file contents using hobbit?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Thanks
> > santhosh.p
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* Perumal, Santoshbabu
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 14, 2007 1:03 AM
> > *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
> > *Subject:* **Caution-External**: RE: [hobbit] monitoring files and
> > messages-newbie
> >
> >
> > namei -m /var/log/syslog7
> > bash: namei: command not found
> >
> > i bit confused .is there any command called namei.when i excute i got
> > the above commad not found result.
> >
> > Thanks
> > santhosh.p
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com]
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 14, 2007 12:55 AM
> > *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
> > *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] monitoring files and messages-newbie
> >
> > Can you please do an namei -m /var/log/syslog7 and then give us the
> > print out?
> >
> > On 11/14/07, Perumal, Santoshbabu < santoshbabu_perumal at platts.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > thanks for your replies
> > >
> > > i can see the file on the gui right now.but cann not view the
> > > contents of the file.if i click it is saying that unknown
> > > filetype(opens small window).can anyone help me on this
> > >
> > > my hobbit-client.cfg file
> > > HOST=tower
> > > DISK / 93 98
> > > PROC cron 1 -1 yellow
> > > PROC Xvnc 1 120 yellow
> > > PROC defunct 0 0 red
> > > LOG /var/adm/messages WARNING COLOR=yellow
> > > LOG /var/log/syslog WARNING COLOR=yellow
> > > DIR %^/var/log TRACK
> > > FILE /bin/su md5=c80fc747e24fa8bfa099cbef0bfb926f
> > > FILE %^/var/log/syslog.* TRACK=maillog
> > >
> > > my client-local.cfg file
> > >
> > > [tower]
> > > file:/bin/su:md5
> > > file:`ls -t -1 /var/log/syslog.*|head -1`
> > >
> > > In the gui i can see /var/log/syslog7 if i click on the file getting
> > > unknown filetype error.cannot able to view the file.please advise if
> > > my entries wrong
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > santhosh.p
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > > *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com]
> > > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:12 PM
> > > *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
> > > *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] monitoring files and messages
> > >
> > > I'm still amazed at how little this command hasn't gotten around - it
> > > is a real beautiful tool!
> > >
> > > Try doing a namei -m /var/adm/sa/sar12 and see if the hobbit user has
> > > the necessary access to read the file (and can execute directories up to
> > > it!)
> > >
> > > On 11/13/07, Paul Ehrenreich <paulehr at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > does the hobbit user have access to the logs and the files?
> > > >
> > > > On Nov 13, 2007 4:53 PM, Steve Holmes <sholmes42 at mac.com> wrote:
> > > > > Have you also added the required lines to client-local.cfg?
> > > > > Steve.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Nov 13, 2007 3:48 PM, Perumal, Santoshbabu
> > > > > <santoshbabu_perumal at platts.com > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > can anyone help me to monitor files and procs
> > > > > >
> > > > > > in the Hobbit-client.cfg file i have mentioned the following
> > > > entries
> > > > > >
> > > > > > HOST=tower
> > > > > > FILE /var/adm/sa/sar12
> > > > > > LOG /var/log/syslog WARNING COLOR=yellow
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > but i could not able to see anything on the gui.i can see white
> > > > icon if i
> > > > > click on this i see no files checked status and if i click msg
> > > > icon i cann
> > > > > see only /var/adm/messages i coild not see /var/log/sulog.how can
> > > > i resolve
> > > > > this problem.please help me on this
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks in advance
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to
> > > > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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> --
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>
> Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
> --- Henry Spencer
>
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Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
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