[Xymon] Issue with NOCOLUMNS in default section of hosts.cfg

[John Horne]

On Thu, 2020-03-26 at 16:47 +0100, mailinglist at tikklik.nl wrote:
> Hello Jim,
>
> 0.0.0.0 .default. # NOCOLUMNS:procs,ports,clientlog,files ssldays=14
> Is working for me on 4.3.30
> I have it on top of the hosts.cfg file
>
Yes, likewise the format I have is different from those shown by the OP. Ours
starts with: 0.0.0.0   .default.   # NOCOLUMNS:bbd,...

Perhaps it's just the space between the '#' and 'NOCOLUMNS' that is required.



John

>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> Namens James B Huber
> Verzonden: donderdag 26 maart 2020 16:19
> Aan: xymon at xymon.com
> Onderwerp: [Xymon] Issue with NOCOLUMNS in default section of hosts.cfg
>
> This is doubtless a completely STUPID question.
>
> Have been using Xymon since BB, then Hobbit days...recently upgraded to
> 4.3.30 and moved/replaced the main host it was running on.
>
> To the point, I have everything working, but... on the main display, I have
> getting columns for "files" and "ports".
>
> More to the point, previously this worked. I have an entry at the TOP of the
> hosts.cfg file that looks like this:
> # hosts.cfg file
> .default.       NOCOLUMNS:ports,files
> 199.33.251.50   joshua.judahnet.net     # conn dns ntp bbd smtp ssh
> 199.33.251.52   ezekiel.judahnet.net    # conn dns ntp smtp ssh
>
> And it worked..
> I have tried changing that line to
> .default.       #NOCOLUMNS:ports,files
> OR
> 0.0.0.0.        .default.       #NOCOLUMNS:ports,files
> OR
> 0.0.0.0.        .default.       NOCOLUMNS:ports,files
>
> None of them work...
>
> I can append on the END of all the individual HOSTS lines
> "NOCOLUMNS:ports,files"... and that works...
>
> What am I doing wrong with default section ?
>
> Jim
>
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