Re: Logfile monitoring

On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 04:28:29PM -0400, Dawn Keenan wrote:
> Joe Warren-Meeks wrote:
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > Is it possible to configure net-snmp to tail a logfile and each time
> > it finds a regexp match, send a trap with the text to a traphost?
>
> The Perl module File::Tail (find it on CPAN) or one of the logtail
> programs (logtail.org and fourmilab.ch have different versions) might
> come in handy.

Also you can ue SEC (Simple event correlator) at
<http://www.estpak.ee/~risto/sec/> to analyze the log files and use
snmptrap to send a trap when you sense a problem.

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-- rouilj

John Rouillard
System Administrator
Renesys Corporation
603-643-9300 x 111

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