[hobbit] monitoring files and messages-newbie

[Josh Luthman]

Can you please do an namei -m /var/log/syslog7 and then give us the print
out?

On 11/14/07, Perumal, Santoshbabu <santoshbabu_perumal at platts.com> wrote:
>
>  thanks for your replies
>
>     i can see the  file on the gui right now.but cann not view the
> contents of the file.if i click it is saying that unknown filetype(opens
> small window).can anyone help me on this
>
>    my hobbit-client.cfg file
>        HOST=tower
>         DISK / 93 98
>         PROC cron 1 -1 yellow
>         PROC Xvnc 1 120 yellow
>         PROC defunct  0 0  red
>         LOG /var/adm/messages  WARNING COLOR=yellow
>         LOG /var/log/syslog   WARNING COLOR=yellow
>         DIR %^/var/log TRACK
>         FILE /bin/su md5=c80fc747e24fa8bfa099cbef0bfb926f
>         FILE %^/var/log/syslog.* TRACK=maillog
>
> my client-local.cfg file
>
>     [tower]
>    file:/bin/su:md5
>    file:`ls -t -1 /var/log/syslog.*|head -1`
>
> In the gui i can see /var/log/syslog7 if i click on the file getting
> unknown filetype error.cannot able to view the file.please advise if my
> entries wrong
>
> Thanks
>    santhosh.p
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:12 PM
> *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
> *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] monitoring files and messages
>
> I'm still amazed at how little this command hasn't gotten around - it is a
> real beautiful tool!
>
> Try doing a namei -m /var/adm/sa/sar12 and see if the hobbit user has the
> necessary access to read the file (and can execute directories up to it!)
>
> On 11/13/07, Paul Ehrenreich <paulehr at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > does the hobbit user have access to the logs and the files?
> >
> > On Nov 13, 2007 4:53 PM, Steve Holmes <sholmes42 at mac.com> wrote:
> > > Have you also added the required lines to client-local.cfg?
> > > Steve.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Nov 13, 2007 3:48 PM, Perumal, Santoshbabu
> > > <santoshbabu_perumal at platts.com > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >        can anyone help me to monitor files and procs
> > > >
> > > >   in the Hobbit-client.cfg file i have mentioned the following
> > entries
> > > >
> > > >   HOST=tower
> > > >   FILE  /var/adm/sa/sar12
> > > >   LOG /var/log/syslog   WARNING COLOR=yellow
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > but i could not able to see anything on the gui.i can see white icon
> > if i
> > > click on this i see no files checked status and if i click msg icon i
> > cann
> > > see only /var/adm/messages i coild not see /var/log/sulog.how can i
> > resolve
> > > this problem.please help me on this
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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