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

[James B Huber]

John,
  Thank you, you were correct, it needs the space between the "#" and
"NOCOLUMNS"

0.0.0.0	.default.	#NOCOLUMNS:files,ports

Works great.

Really appreciate the help folks !

Jim


On Thu, 2020-03-26 at 16:25 +0000, John Horne wrote:
> 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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