[hobbit] client agents - *nix

[Don Munyak]

On 1/26/07, Matt McGrievy <mcgrievy at email.unc.edu> wrote:
> Hi Don,
>
> Depending on which Linux distribution you're running, you may be able to
> do an RPM -- in my case, I built from source.  So here are the basic steps:
>
> - download the full hobbitserver tar.gz file (hobbit-4.2.0.tar.gz) from
> the Source Forge download page:
> http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=128058
> Within that archive is both the client and the server.
>
> - Unpack the tar.gz file and look at the README.CLIENT file -- that has
> all the information for building the client.  You should read that whole
> file because it has lots of useful information, but here's the part
> that's pertinent to your question...
>
> To build the client:
>
>          - create a "hobbit" userid on the system
>            (not required, but recommended).
>          - extract the Hobbit source archive
>          - cd to the hobbit-X.X directory
>          - run "./configure --client; make"
>          - as root, run "make install"
>
> HTH,
> Matt

Matt & Rob,

Thanks. That was the piece my thick brain was having trouble with. I
did read the readme files but didn't quite understand the need to
install the full version onto a monitored client.

Next question, but still somewhat related. The Hobbit server is
FreeBSD and installed from ports. Will it make a difference if the
version I download to clients is different than server, assuming I
stay within the version 4.2.x level ?

Thanks again

~Don