Re: Can't connect to master agent

Kelby Rogers wrote:
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> Dave Shield wrote:
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>>On 21/08/06, Kelby Rogers <kelby.rogers@tait.co.nz> wrote:
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>>
>>>When I run the example-demon from the tutorial I get the following
>>>message "Warning: Failed to connect to the agentx master agent
>>>(/var/agentx/master): Unknown host (/var/agentx/master) (Connection
>>>refused)"
>>>
>>>The /var/agentx/master file exists, but it is 0 bytes.
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>>>
>>
>>A zero-length file is to be expected - it's a socket, not a regular file.
>>What is the ownership (and permissions) on this file?
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>>
> The owner and group are both 'root'. The permissions are -rwxr-xr-x

This should be srwxr-xr-x

Who cretaed this file? It should be created implicitly by the master =

agent if it sees the "agentx master" directive (or the appropriate =

command-line switch).

>>What user are you running the example-demon as?
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>>
> I'm running the example-demon as 'root'. (via the sudo command)
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>>What happens when you close down the master agent - does the
>>/var/agentx/master socket disappear?
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>>
> No, /var/agentx/master socket is still there when I close the master agen=
t.

Dunno if it must be removed explicitly, but I'm currently investigating =

a crashing master and, while no snmpd is running after a crash, the =

socket is still there.

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