[hobbit] monitoring files and messages-newbie

[Perumal, Santoshbabu]

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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