SV: SV: [hobbit] hobbitd_alert command is not working ( maybe )

[Michael A. Price]

The problem is the my environmental variable $MAIL is set to 
/var/spool/mail/hobbit and I think this is trumping the programs setting 
of MAIL="$MAILC -s".

Is there a band aid for this???

thanx, michael




Lars Ebeling wrote:
> When I run hobbitd_alert I get this:
>
> $ ./hobbitd_alert --test leopg9 msgs
>
> 00016117 2006-10-23 19:00:20 send_alert leopg9:msgs state Paging
>
> 00016117 2006-10-23 19:00:20 Matching host:service:page 'leopg9:msgs:'
> against r
> ule line 115
>
> 00016117 2006-10-23 19:00:20 *** Match with 'HOST=leopg9' ***
>
> 00016117 2006-10-23 19:00:20 Matching host:service:page 'leopg9:msgs:'
> against r
> ule line 116
>
> 00016117 2006-10-23 19:00:20 *** Match with 'MAIL hobbit REPEAT=1h COLOR=red
> REC
> OVERED' ***
>
> 00016117 2006-10-23 19:00:20 Mail alert with command 'mail -s "Hobbit
> [12345] le
> opg9:msgs CRITICAL (RED)" hobbit'
>
>
>   
>> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
>> Från: Michael A. Price [mailto:mprice at hst.nasa.gov] 
>> Skickat: den 23 oktober 2006 18:53
>> Till: hobbit at hswn.dk
>> Ämne: Re: SV: [hobbit] hobbitd_alert command is not working ( maybe )
>>
>>
>> Lars,
>>
>> Mine is defined as the following.
>>
>> MAILC="mail"                                   # Command used 
>> to send an
>> e-mail
>>  with no subject
>>
>> MAIL="$MAILC -s"                                # Command 
>> used to send an
>> e-mail
>>  with a subject
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>> --------------------
>>
>> If that was messed up, wouldnt it prevent my alerts not 
>> working at all, 
>> because they work now. Its just I cant get them to work when 
>> I use the 
>> hobbitd_alert command.
>>
>>
>> thanx, michael
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Lars Ebeling wrote:
>>     
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Från: Michael A. Price [mailto:mprice at hst.nasa.gov]
>>>> Skickat: den 23 oktober 2006 18:02
>>>> Till: hobbit at hswn.dk
>>>> Ämne: [hobbit] hobbitd_alert command is not working ( maybe )
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>>> My hobbit-alert.cfg file has the following line in it:
>>>>
>>>> HOST=*
>>>>         MAIL mprice at hst.nasa.gov
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Hi
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> 00003217 2006-10-23 11:59:07 *** Match with 'HOST=*' ***
>>>> 00003217 2006-10-23 11:59:07 Mail alert with command 
>>>> '/var/spool/mail/hobbit "Hobbit [12345] v43mgt:conn 
>>>>         
>> CRITICAL (RED)" 
>>     
>>>> mprice at hst.nasa.gov'
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> The command to send the mail look very odd. What have you 
>>>       
>> as MAILC=?? 
>>     
>>> in hobbitserver.cfg? Should be like # For the hobbitd_alert module
>>>
>>> MAILC="mailx"                                   # Command 
>>>       
>> used to send an
>>     
>>> e-mail
>>>  with no subject
>>>
>>> MAIL="$MAILC -s"                                # Command 
>>>       
>> used to send an
>>     
>>> e-mail
>>>  with a subject
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Lars
>>>
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