[hobbit] linux clients not getting local-client configuration

Paul Barton paul at moonkhan.org
Tue Oct 16 20:29:47 CEST 2007


Hi Holly. I'm wondering if [linux] matches your client ...

Try this in client-local.cfg:

[yourhost.domain.tld]
log:/var/log/messages:10240
file:/etc/passwd:md5
ignore MARK

You may need to restart your hobbit client on yourhost.domain.tld for
the changes to take effect.

-Paul

* Lund, Holly (holly.lund at hq.doe.gov) wrote:
> still not working
> 
> I have put it into both cfg files
> 
> There doesn't seem to be a problem in solaris
> 
> 
> Holly Lund
> 301-903-1174
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Barton [mailto:paul at moonkhan.org] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 1:51 PM
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: Re: [hobbit] linux clients not getting local-client
> configuration
> 
> Hi Holly. You may also need to configure the Hobbit server's
> hobbit-clients.cfg file. For example,
> 
> HOST=yourhost.domain.tld
>     FILE    /etc/passwd owner=root mode=644
> 
> -Paul
> 
> * Lund, Holly (holly.lund at hq.doe.gov) wrote:
> > I have it configured in client-local.cfg on the server
> >  
> > [linux]
> > log:/var/log/messages:10240
> > file:/etc/passwd:md5
> > ignore MARK
> > 
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > Holly Lund
> > 301-903-1174
> >  
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > 
> > From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 1:11 PM
> > To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> > Subject: Re: [hobbit] linux clients not getting local-client 
> > configuration
> > 
> > 
> > I'm not positive on this, but I believe the clients relay all kinds of
> 
> > information to the server and then it is up to the server to process 
> > the files and report to bbdisplay.
> > 
> > I'm not sure where to configure this, though. 
> > 
> > 
> > On 10/16/07, Lund, Holly <holly.lund at hq.doe.gov> wrote: 
> > 
> > 
> > 	I have several different linux clients (suse redhat 3&4 ES) 
> > 	They are not getting the file,port,msgs or proc data to monitor
> (all 
> > data is white and says: No files checked etc)
> > 
> > 	What can I do? 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 	Holly Lund 
> > 	301-903-1174
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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