When changing anything in nfsen.conf, a 'nfsen reload' will do it.
nfsen reconfig is required only if you change anything in the flow collection
part e.g. adding/deleting sources.
Sorry - I see, this could be misleading ..
- Peter
On 05/05/15 23:49, Sean wrote:
> I kept plugging away and slowly but surely realized that nfsen needs a full
> stop/start in order to re-read the configuration file changes. (FYI – an
> nfsen reconfig doesn’t work)
>
> So…there you have it.
>
> <dunce.jpg>
>
> From: Adrian Popa
> Date: Monday, May 4, 2015 at 11:03 PM
> To: Sean
> Cc: NFSen-Discuss
> Subject: Re: [Nfsen-discuss] nfsen e-mail alerts with sendmail / localhost
>
> What does /var/log/maillog have to say?
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 1:08 AM, Sean <spedersen.li...@gmail.com
> <mailto:spedersen.li...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I’m at my wit’s end. Previously, nfsen was set up to use an external SMTP
> relay (Postfix) and it worked fine. I installed sendmail locally, tested and
> confirmed that it was functional, then switched over the $SMTP_SERVER to
> ‘localhost’. Once the
> change was made, nfsen could no longer send e-mails.
>
> Ex.
>
> $MAIL_FROM = ‘r...@host.example.com <mailto:r...@host.example.com>’;
> $SMTP_SERVER = ‘localhost’;
>
>
> I’ve tried multiple variations of the hostname, domain name, even
> replacing localhost with the FQDN of the host itself.
>
> sendmail is set up to allow connections from the local machine by default:
>
> Connect:localhostRELAY
> GreetPause:localhost0
> ClientRate:localhost0
> ClientConn:localhost0
>
> Connect:127RELAY
> GreetPause:1270
> ClientRate:1270
> ClientConn:1270
>
>
> /etc/hosts should be correct:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 127.0.1.1 example.com <http://example.com> host
>
>
> I get an extremely generic failure message via /var/log/syslog:
>
> May 4 14:45:18 flowtool nfsen[799]: Alert 'test_alert' condition ==
> true, condition counter: 1
> May 4 14:45:18 flowtool nfsen[799]: Alert 'test_alert' execute action
> May 4 14:45:18 flowtool nfsen[799]: alert 'test_alert' Send email
> to: t...@example.com <mailto:t...@example.com>
> May 4 14:45:19 flowtool nfsen[799]: alert 'test_alert' : Failed to
> send alert email to: t...@example.com <mailto:t...@example.com>
> May 4 14:45:19 flowtool nfsen[799]: Alert 'test_alert' Status: 5.
> May 4 14:45:19 flowtool nfsen[799]: Alert 'test_alert' Blocks: 0.
> May 4 14:45:19 flowtool nfsen[799]: Alert 'test_alert' Info : .
> May 4 14:45:19 flowtool nfsen[799]: Alert 'test_alert' done.
>
>
> Looking at my sendmail logs, nfsen (and by extension, nfAlert.pm) is not
> even hitting sendmail. It’s failing somewhere else, but I can’t get any
> detailed logs to help me along. I tried to redirect STDOUT in nfAlert.pm, but
> no output was
> generated. I know outbound e-mail works since it’s fine with the external
> postfix box. I must be missing something stupid, but I can’t find anything to
> help me along in the mailing list archives or in general via Google.
>
> I was hoping someone here might have some past experience with nfsen and
> sendmail that would be willing to give me a hint.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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