Hi Henrick -<br>
<br>
In one of the previous messages, you had mentioned that you wanted to
keep as much configuration data on the server as possible in order to
make adminstration easier. To that end I offer the following suggestion
for the message configuration..<br>
<br>
In the bb man page (4.1.2 early snapshot) there is a section that reads as follows:<br>
<br>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>><br>
config FILENAME<br>
Retrieve one of the Hobbit configuration files from the<br>
server. This command allows a client to pull files from<br>
the $BBHOME/etc/ directory on the server, allowing for<br>
semi-automatic updates of the client
configuration.<br>
Since the configuration files are designed to have a<br>
common file for the configuration of all hosts in the<br>
system - and
this is in fact the recommended way of<br>
configuring your clients - this makes it easier to keep<br>
the configuration files synchronized.<br>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>><br>
<br>
Why not set things up as follows:<br>
1 - On the server have a "hobbit-msg" file that contains default
configuration information that applies to all systems. (I.E.
Alert on kernel warning and panic messages from the syslog).<br>
2 - In the same directory (or a subdirectory) have seperate
hobbit-msg.<servername> files that contain specific configuration
information for the specified hosts.<br>
3 - Once an hour (or other configurable time frame) have the client
systems issue a command to pull the default file as well as the system
specific file from the server. If the client specific file is not
available use the default file, otherwise use the standard
configuration..<br>
<br>
Doing it this way would still allow for central administration of the
configuration files as well as allow for custom message parsing
configurations on the target systems..<br>
<br>
Anyways.. Just a thought..<br>
<br>
Later -<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>--==[ Bob Gordon ]==--