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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=884163512-09012008>Aha!
It seems I made two mistakes (specifically for this problem, never mind the rest
of life):</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=884163512-09012008>1. The
defaults line should be configured thus:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=884163512-09012008>0.0.0.0 .default. #
[insert default tests here]</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=884163512-09012008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=884163512-09012008>2. You
cannot specify network tests in the defaults line.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=884163512-09012008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>My
question now becomes: What defines a network test? This is not as stupid as it
sounds, I am looking at an email sent to this distribution list back in 2005
where it is said:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=884163512-09012008><PRE>the default entries can only be used for some of the tags
that you can put in the bb-hosts file, and NOT for the network tests.
Those that you can put in a default section are those that are not host-
or test-specific: dialup, nobb2, nodisp, DESCR, TRENDS, NK, NKTIME,
WML, NOPROP*, REPORTTIME, WARNPCT, NET, nosslcert, ssldays, DOWNTIME,
noping, noconn, trace, notrace, depends.</PRE><PRE>Surely noconn is a network test (or rather, a negation of one). Also, I don't really understand what a non-host-specific or non-test-specific entry is.</PRE><PRE>Can anyone shed light on this for me?</PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE>|\/|artin</PRE></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Ward, Martin
[mailto:Martin.Ward@colt.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 09 January 2008
11:12<BR><B>To:</B> hobbit@hswn.dk<BR><B>Subject:</B> [hobbit]
Server-to-client test only happens at start-up<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am monitoring a number of servers that have ssh
running on them. In my bb-hosts file on the Hobbit 4.2.0 server I have the
following entries for it:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>.default
defaultsettings # testip pulldata ssh</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>10.44.85.246 cin0.lon.server.com #</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The problem is that the ssh connection is only
tested when the Hobbit server is started up. I've trawled through the Hobbit
logs but can't find any mention of any errors (or actual tests for that
matter).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can anyone offer suggestions about where I should
start looking?</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>|\/|artin</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>--
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