[hobbit] Setting client "class" for log file monitoring

[Henrik Stoerner]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 01:05:25PM -0700, Bob Gordon wrote:
> On 8/23/06, Gary B. <gmbfly98 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The client by default uses the "uname -s" output, which will be
> >> "linux". If you launch the client with
> >>     ~hobbit/client/runclient.sh --os=rhel3
> >> then it will use the [rhel3] setting. The list --os names is restricted
> >> though, so for a more generic solution you can define your own "classes"
> >> and run the client with a "--class=MYCLASS" option; then it will use
> >> the [MYCLASS] section.
> >
> >Is there a way to make the "--class=MYCLASS" option permanent when
> >starting a client?  That is, do you have to specify --class everytime
> >you use "runclient.sh", such as stopping, starting, restarting, etc?
> >
> 
> And as a correllary to this, is there any way to set the class option
> remotely?  (I dont have access to several of the systems the client is
> running on..)

See the CLASS entry in the bb-hosts(5) man-page.


Henrik