RE: [hobbit] FILE monitor and mtime<600 troubleshooting

["Hubbard, Greg L" <greg.hubbard (at) eds.com>]

Well, I use HOST=hostname in hobbit-client.cfg instead of
CLASS=classname, and then in client-local.cfg I use [hostname] instead
of classname.  And it works on my Solaris 9 systems.
 
One caveat is that the Hobbit agent must be able to read the file -- is
/etc/sudoers readable?
 
Finally, you can look at the client data returned by the agent for this
host and see what is being returned for these files.  This can help you
decide whether the problem is in the client-local.cfg part (which tells
the remote agent what to watch) or the hobbit-client.cfg (which tells
the server what to do with the data returned by the the Hobbit agent).
 
GLH


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	From: Denver Osborn [mailto:denver (at) fni-stl.com] 
	Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 7:36 AM
	To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
	Subject: [hobbit] FILE monitor and mtime<600 troubleshooting
	
	

	Hi,

	 

	I'm running Hobbit 4.2.0 with the allinone patch on hpux and
can't get the FILE monitor to work. I've added the required file: entry
in the client-local.cfg for the host, then put the FILE directive in the
hobbit-clients.cfg file. After adding the monitor, the BBDISPLAY picks
up the new file and shows it as 'green'. When testing the monitor by
changing the mtime of my file, hobbit doesn't alert on the change.

	 

	Here's my hobbit-client.cfg entry:

	 

	CLASS=classname

	         FILE /etc/sudoers yellow mtime<600

	 

	The client-local.cfg entry:

	 

	[classname]

	file:/etc/sudoers

	 

	 

	Has anyone else seen this before or have any advice on how to
troubleshoot?

	 

	 

	Thanks,

	 

	Denver Osborn