[hobbit] hobbit-alerts question

[Steve Holmes]

Hang on there! Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the point is that the $
should anchor the end of the string and it should never match pandora.
Right?
Steve.


On 5/17/07, Rick Ridgeway <ridgeway at nyroc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> HOST=%^pan$
> or
> HOST=pan
>
>
> Hope that helps
>
>
> Larry Barber wrote:
> > I am having a problem with alerts going to the wrong people. I have a
> > line in hobbit-alerts.cfg:
> >
> > HOST=%pan$
> >
> > (this is just for demo and test purposes, I know that particular entry
> > doesn't make a lot of sense ) The problem is that this line is matching
> > with a host name "pandora". Is there any way to stop this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Larry Barber
>
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