[Xymon] not receiving alerts

[Carl Inglis]

Hi Kris,

That seems to be trying to use the client configuration rather than the server configuration.

Are you running this on the server host?
Are you running it from inside the server directory?
Have you checked the setting for MAIL in the config file it's using?

Of course, I may be missing the point completely.

Regards,

Carl

From: Kris Springer [mailto:kspringer at innovateteam.com]
Sent: 11 November 2013 13:57
To: Jeremy Laidman
Cc: Carl Inglis; Xymon MailingList
Subject: Re: [Xymon] not receiving alerts

Alright.  Now we may be getting somewhere.

When I run that command as user ubuntu, it attempts then hangs.
ubuntu at ip:~$ su xymon -c xymoncmd echo "mail test" | $MAIL "Xymon [12345] VM-Firewall:proc CRITICAL (RED)" support at innovateteam.com<mailto:support at innovateteam.com>
-bash: /var/mail/ubuntu: No such file or directory
Password:
2013-11-11 05:41:39 Using default environment file /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc/xymonserver.cfg

When I run the command as user root, it attempts then hangs.
ubuntu at ip:~# sudo bash
root at ip:~# su xymon -c xymoncmd echo "mail test" | $MAIL "Xymon [12345] VM-Firewall:proc CRITICAL (RED)" support at innovateteam.com<mailto:support at innovateteam.com>
bash: /var/mail/root: Permission denied
2013-11-11 05:44:20 Using default environment file /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc/xymonserver.cfg

When I run that command as user xymon, it attempts then hangs.
root at ip:~# su xymon
xymon at ip:/home/ubuntu$ su xymon -c xymoncmd echo "mail test" | $MAIL "Xyon [12345] VM-Firesall:proc CRITICAL (RED)" support at innovateteam.com<mailto:support at innovateteam.com>
bash: /var/mail/xymon: No such file or directory
Password:
2013-11-11 05:47:16 Using default environment file /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc/xymonserver.cfg

I have to CTRL+C to stop it when it hangs, and I never receive any emails from these tests.

Thank you.
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Kris Springer

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On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Jeremy Laidman <jlaidman at rebel-it.com.au<mailto:jlaidman at rebel-it.com.au>> wrote:
On 11 November 2013 07:19, Kris Springer <kspringer at innovateteam.com<mailto:kspringer at innovateteam.com>> wrote:
When I run the following command it works and I receive an email immediately.

su xymon -c echo "mail test" | mail -s "Xymon [12345] VM-Firewall:proc CRITICAL (RED)" support at innovateteam.com<mailto:support at innovateteam.com>


Thank you.

The environment might have something to do with it, so should be tested, and at least eliminated from our enquiries.  When Xymon runs the command, it does so using the Xymon server environment, including PATH and MAIL.  To test, try running the command like this:

su xymon -c xymoncmd
echo "mail test" | $MAIL "Xymon [12345] VM-Firewall:proc CRITICAL (RED)" support at innovateteam.com<mailto:support at innovateteam.com>

J



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