[hobbit] purple clients problem

[Rich Smrcina]

Check your MRTG configuration.  It can not write to a file due to a 
permission problem.  I think I have mine writing to a directory that the 
hobbit user owns (eg: /home/hobbit/...).

Longina Przybyszewska wrote:
> 
> I have a problem with clients turning purple after reboot.
> Client processes run, tmp/msg.txt is updated on client.
> Display shows GREEN on conn|info|trends, and PURPLE on the rest  - 
> cpu|disk|memory|procs.
> 
> I set debug option on hobbit client in hobbitlaunch.cfg -
> but I don't quite understand output in clientdata.log:
> 
> CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=client --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/clientdata.log 
> --debug hobbitd_client
> 
> from hobbitlaunch.log  on the server
> ------
> 2005-12-28 14:10:31 Task mrtg terminated, status 13
> 2005-12-28 14:14:21 hobbitlaunch starting
> 2005-12-28 14:14:21 Loading tasklist configuration from 
> /opt/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg
> 2005-12-28 14:14:21 Loading hostnames
> 2005-12-28 14:14:21 Loading saved state
> 2005-12-28 14:14:21 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
> 2005-12-28 14:14:21 Setting up signal handlers
> 2005-12-28 14:14:21 Setting up hobbitd channels
> 2005-12-28 14:14:21 Setting up logfiles
> ERROR: writing /etc/mrtg.ok.ok: Permission denied at 
> /usr/local/bin/../lib/mrtg2/MRTG_lib.pm line 1477.
> 2005-12-28 14:14:27 Task mrtg terminated, status 13
> ERROR: writing /etc/mrtg.ok.ok: Permission denied at 
> /usr/local/bin/../lib/mrtg2/MRTG_lib.pm line 1477.
> 2005-12-28 14:19:28 Task mrtg terminated, status 13
> ------
> 
> from clientdata.log
> ------
> 2005-12-28 14:14:11 Semaphore wait aborted: Interrupted system call
> 2005-12-28 14:14:26 Setting up client channel (id=7)
> 2005-12-28 14:14:26 calling ftok('/opt/hobbit/server',7)
> 2005-12-28 14:14:26 ftok() returns: 0x7004344
> 2005-12-28 14:14:26 shmget() returns: 0x1712
> -----
> 
> What test should I make to find out what is wrong?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any ideas!
> 
> regards
> Longina
> -- 
> Longina Przybyszewska, system programmer
> Dept. of Math. & Comp. Sci. - IMADA
> University of Southern Denmark, Odense
> Campusvej 55,DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
> 
> tel: +45 6550 2359 - http://www.imada.sdu.dk         email: 
> longina at imada.sdu.dk
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