[Xymon] NOCOLUMNS - override .default. ?

[David Baldwin]

John,
> Hello,
>
> Using Xymon 4.3.7 I have specified a '.default. entry in hosts.cfg which
> includes the NOCOLUMNS tag. The hosts.cfg man page says that per-host
> definitions will override the default ones. However, that doesn't seem
> to work with NOCOLUMNS.
>
> Hosts.cfg contains:
>
> =========================
> 0.0.0.0   .default.  # NOCOLUMNS:files,memory,ports,info,trends noclear
>
> 141.163.141.163  server-1  # testip conn !ftp !smtp !telnet dns ntp bbd
> ssh swap memory ports
> =========================
>
> However, the memory and ports columns do not appear at all.
>
> Does anyone know if this is a bug or the way things are supposed to
> work?
>
It's the way they are supposed to work. In your server-1 line 'memory
ports' is probably not doing anything.

hosts.cfg allows tags against host names, but that is not a strict
correspondence with columns, and does not override NOCOLUMNS:

The only way I could see that working would be to put a different
NOCOLUMNS: on server-1 - e.g.

141.163.141.163  server-1  # testip conn !ftp !smtp !telnet dns ntp bbd
ssh swap NOCOLUMNS:files,info,trends

I'm a bit puzzled as to why you'd want NOCOLUMNS:info,trends as a default

You can also use group-only and group-except to hide certain columns in
some displays. Can be useful if you have hosts displayed on multiple
pages for example.

David.

-- 
David Baldwin - Senior Systems Administrator (Datacentres + Networks)
Information and Communication Technology Services
Australian Sports Commission          http://ausport.gov.au
Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617


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