Re: {bb} TIMEOUT

[Sean MacGuire <sean@MacLawran.CA>]

Francesco Piazza wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I have inserted in /etc/services the lines "ldap 389/tcp" and "squid
> 8080/tcp",
> and in bb.network.sh I added the services.
> I stopped BB server and start BB. (no stopped and start client).
> 
> Why TIMEOUT?

TIMEOUT indicates that the bbnet command tried to establish 
contact with a particular machine (bmail/bproxy) on a 
particular port (389/8080) and the server didn't reply.
 
> # ./runbb.sh &
> 424
> # Starting Big Brother Daemon (bbd)...
> Starting Big Brother Collectors...
> bbnet: TIMEOUT bmail PORT 389...
> bbnet: TIMEOUT bmail PORT 389...
> bbnet: TIMEOUT bproxy PORT 8080...
> bbnet: TIMEOUT bmail PORT 389...
> bbnet: TIMEOUT bmail PORT 389...
> bbnet: TIMEOUT bmail PORT 389...
 
ldap isn't a "simple" protocol - so the bbnet test won't work.

The proxy should really be tested by sending some http tests
to things on the other side of the proxy; so I'd suggest a
line in your etc/bb-hosts that resembled:

123.123.123.123 bproxy # http://bproxy.com:8080/http://cnn.com

This will request cnn's home page thru your proxy server.  A 
valid test...

Hope this helps.
-- 
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