[Xymon] ifconfig request

[Larry Barber]

Loot in $XYMONHOME/client/bin for the script that corresponds to you OS and
then change the command in the [ifconfig] section.

Thanks,
Larry Barber


On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Isaac W Traxler <traxler at lsu.edu> wrote:

>
> When the clients collects data to send the server, one of the commands
> issues is ifconfig. Where can I go to edit this so that the ifconfig
> becomes "ifconfig 2>/dev/null"?
>
> It turns out that systems with network interfaces that have mac addresses
> larger than 8 bytes cause ifconfig to print the following message to
> standard error:
>
>   Ifconfig uses the ioctl access method to get the full address
>   information, which limits hardware addresses to 8 bytes. Because
>   Infiniband address has 20 bytes, only the first 8 bytes are displayed
>   correctly. Ifconfig is obsolete! For replacement check ip.
>
> So, if I can edit the command list so that standard error is sent to
> /dev/null, my xymonclientlog will not fill up.
>
>
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