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Re: [Devmon] memory threshold

[Thomas K. <tk...@we...>]

Hi Buchan,

On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 10:12:00AM +0200, Buchan Milne wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 May 2009 13:53:45 Thomas Kähn wrote:
> > On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 07:22:41PM +0900, Koshikawa Yasunori wrote:
> > > /path_to_devmon/templates/cisco-*/memory/thresholds
> > > mem_used_per        : yellow        : 20    : Memory load is high
> > > mem_used_per        : red           : 30    : Memory load is very high
> 
> You don't need to adjust thresholds here, I would recommend adjusting the 
> thresholds in the bb-hosts file, per-device, rather than adjusting the template 
> itself.
> 
> > it's an error in the templates. I submitted a bug report. However it
> > doesn't seem to be patched, yet.
> 
> I've fixed this in subversion now (rev 135).

thank you. Did you also take a look at the if_err/if_dsc percentage
calculation?

Viele Grüße
Thomas
-- 
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Re: [Devmon] memory threshold

[Buchan M. <bg...@st...>]

On Wednesday 06 May 2009 13:53:45 Thomas Kähn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 07:22:41PM +0900, Koshikawa Yasunori wrote:
> > I just started to monitor memory threshold for Cisco switches, but I
> > can't. I set small threshold value, but always green.
> >
> > example:
> > Free memory:       2255724 bytes (51%)
> > Used memory:       2131592 bytes (49%)
> > -------------     ----------------
> > Total memory:      4387316.00 bytes (100%)
> >
> >
> > /path_to_devmon/templates/cisco-*/memory/thresholds
> > mem_used_per        : yellow        : 20    : Memory load is high
> > mem_used_per        : red           : 30    : Memory load is very high

You don't need to adjust thresholds here, I would recommend adjusting the 
thresholds in the bb-hosts file, per-device, rather than adjusting the template 
itself.

> it's an error in the templates. I submitted a bug report. However it
> doesn't seem to be patched, yet.

I've fixed this in subversion now (rev 135).

Regards,
Buchan

Re: [Devmon] memory threshold

[Koshikawa Y. <h0...@gm...>]

Hi Thomas,

I specified messages file, so it became good.
thank you.

devmon is useful.  let's patch.
if_err/if_dsc,  I dont use...


> {mem_used_per.errors}
> Free memory:       {mem_free} bytes ({mem_free_per}%)
> Used memory:       {mem_used} bytes ({mem_used_per}%) {mem_used_per.color}
> -------------     ----------------
> Total memory:      {mem_total} bytes (100%)
>
> Alarm threshold:  yellow={mem_used_per.thresh:yellow}%, red={mem_used_per.thresh:red}%
> <!-- DEVMON to RRD Physical {mem_used_per}%
> -->

--
Koshikawa Yasunori
h0...@gm...

Re: [Devmon] memory threshold

[Thomas K. <tk...@we...>]

Hi,

On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 01:53:45PM +0200, Thomas Kähn wrote:
> On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 07:22:41PM +0900, Koshikawa Yasunori wrote:
> > I just started to monitor memory threshold for Cisco switches, but I can't.
> > I set small threshold value, but always green.
> > 
> > example:
> > Free memory:       2255724 bytes (51%)
> > Used memory:       2131592 bytes (49%)
> > -------------     ----------------
> > Total memory:      4387316.00 bytes (100%)
> > 
> > 
> > /path_to_devmon/templates/cisco-*/memory/thresholds
> > mem_used_per        : yellow        : 20    : Memory load is high
> > mem_used_per        : red           : 30    : Memory load is very high
> 
> it's an error in the templates. I submitted a bug report. However it
> doesn't seem to be patched, yet.

by the way - the if_err/if_dsc test was also buggy. The error percentage
wasn't calculated correctly and always too low.

Viele Grüße
Thomas
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Network Engineering & Design       Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation mbH
                                   Grüner Weg 100
Telefon: 0241/701333-18            52070 Aachen
Fax: 0221/2222-78718
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Re: [Devmon] memory threshold

[Thomas K. <tk...@we...>]

Hi,

On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 07:22:41PM +0900, Koshikawa Yasunori wrote:
> I just started to monitor memory threshold for Cisco switches, but I can't.
> I set small threshold value, but always green.
> 
> example:
> Free memory:       2255724 bytes (51%)
> Used memory:       2131592 bytes (49%)
> -------------     ----------------
> Total memory:      4387316.00 bytes (100%)
> 
> 
> /path_to_devmon/templates/cisco-*/memory/thresholds
> mem_used_per        : yellow        : 20    : Memory load is high
> mem_used_per        : red           : 30    : Memory load is very high

it's an error in the templates. I submitted a bug report. However it
doesn't seem to be patched, yet.

You need to specify messages like this:

{mem_used_per.errors}
Free memory:       {mem_free} bytes ({mem_free_per}%)
Used memory:       {mem_used} bytes ({mem_used_per}%) {mem_used_per.color}
-------------     ----------------
Total memory:      {mem_total} bytes (100%)

Alarm threshold:  yellow={mem_used_per.thresh:yellow}%, red={mem_used_per.thresh:red}%
<!-- DEVMON to RRD Physical {mem_used_per}%
-->


Viele Grüße
Thomas
-- 
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Network Engineering & Design       Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation mbH
                                   Grüner Weg 100
Telefon: 0241/701333-18            52070 Aachen
Fax: 0221/2222-78718
                             Handelsregister: HRB 25580, Amtsgericht Köln
               Geschäftsführer: Werner Hanf, Dipl.-Ing. Karl-Heinz Zankel

[Devmon] memory threshold

[Koshikawa Y. <h0...@gm...>]

Hi all,

I just started to monitor memory threshold for Cisco switches, but I can't.
I set small threshold value, but always green.

example:
Free memory:       2255724 bytes (51%)
Used memory:       2131592 bytes (49%)
-------------     ----------------
Total memory:      4387316.00 bytes (100%)


/path_to_devmon/templates/cisco-*/memory/thresholds
mem_used_per        : yellow        : 20    : Memory load is high
mem_used_per        : red           : 30    : Memory load is very high


cpu threshold, if_load threshold, etc. are OK.

Any advice?

version
devmon-templates-20080206
devmon-0.3.1-bata1
xymon 4.2.3
CentOS 5.2


--
Koshikawa Yasunori
h0...@gm...

[Devmon] [SPAM] header test

[Buchan M. <bg...@st...>]

testing filtering based on tagged header.

[Devmon] Mailing list changes

[Buchan M. <bg...@st...>]

While I normally don't see much spam (we have a good spam filtering solution in 
place at work), a few subscribers have mentioned that they get too much spam 
on this list.

So, I have made some changes to the list to try and prevent some of the spam 
that we are seeing. I will be sending a few mails to test the filters, 
hopefully you should not see them ..

Please note however that some filtering options could prevent legitimate mails 
from coming through correctly. The options I have enabled:

- multipart/alternative collapsing
- html mails will be converted to plain text
- Mails with the following attachments will require moderation:
exe
bat
cmd
com
pif
scr
vbs
cpl
gif

(I added gif as a lot of image spam recently has used gif)

Regards,
Buchan

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Re: [Devmon] Blocking ports with spaces in them from reporting...

[Gé J. <ge....@gm...>]

Keith,

In cisco IOS language the interface is often f0/2 or fe0/2

You can also put the interfaces administrative down:
 
#int f0/2
#shutdown
#exit


Alarming on (AT1/0,Fa0/0,Fa0/1,Fa2/0,Fa2/1,AT1/0,AT1/0,AT1/0,AT1/0,AT1/0.7)
Alarming on (AT1/0.7)
Ifc name	Ifc speed	Ifc status
AT1/0 [main interface towards internet]	149760000	green admin down
Fa0/0 [internal network]	100000000	green up
Fa0/1 [Internal network]	100000000	green up
Fa2/0 [Connection to KPN/CapID IASM0111]	100000000	green up
Fa2/1 [Connectie voor Cexxxx interne automatisering]	100000000	green up
AT1/0	0	green admin down
AT1/0 [main interface towards internet]	149760000	green admin down
AT1/0	0	green admin down
AT1/0 [main interface towards internet]	149760000	green admin down
AT1/0.7 [Connection to KPN-BBT/IP Capid IASA1111]	149760000	green admin down
AT1/0.7 [Connection to KPN-BBT/IP Capid IASA1111]	149760000	green admin down




Devmon version 0.3.1-beta1 running on saturn



Meserole, Keith W. wrote:
> All,
>
> I have a router with interfaces as shown below.   Since they have a
> space in the name how do I block these with except statement?
>
> Interface E1 0/2 is down
> Interface E1 0/3 is down
> Interface E1 0/4 is down
> Interface E1 0/5 is down
>
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[Devmon] Blocking ports with spaces in them from reporting...

[Meserole, K. W. <km...@ke...>]

All,

I have a router with interfaces as shown below.   Since they have a
space in the name how do I block these with except statement?

Interface E1 0/2 is down
Interface E1 0/3 is down
Interface E1 0/4 is down
Interface E1 0/5 is down

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Re: [Devmon] devmon templates

[Buchan M. <bg...@st...>]

On Thursday 19 March 2009 17:00:38 dOCtoR MADneSs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm totaly new to SNMP, and devmon. I'm looking for templates for Cisco
> 2950

A template for Cisco 2950 is included in the template release tarballs.

> , Cisco 1240, Bewan L200, RICOH Aficio 2018D and RICOH Aficio SP C420DN
>
> Is there any projet to create a place to share devmon templates, similar
> to xymonton : http://xymonton.trantor.org ?

There is no need for an additional project, templates are committed as soon as 
possible into subversion on sourceforge, see:
http://devmon.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/devmon/trunk/templates/

(e.g., I added an initial template for Cisco Fibre Switches 2 days ago)


> If not, I should be a good thing to have a place in xymonton, right ?

No, templates go in the devmon project, the best way (IMHO) is to:
1)Register on sourceforge (so you are notified for items below)
2)Log a tracker item with category templates, attach your new template as an 
attachment (either a tarball of the new template's directory, or an 'svn diff' 
from an svn checkout to which you have added your template).

Then, I will try and review your template as soon as possible, and include it 
in svn, in preparation for the next template release tarball.


Regards,
Buchan

[Devmon] devmon templates

[dOCtoR M. <do...@ma...>]

Hi,

I'm totaly new to SNMP, and devmon. I'm looking for templates for Cisco 
2950, Cisco 1240, Bewan L200, RICOH Aficio 2018D and RICOH Aficio SP C420DN

Is there any projet to create a place to share devmon templates, similar 
to xymonton : http://xymonton.trantor.org ?
If not, I should be a good thing to have a place in xymonton, right ?

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[Devmon] Problem while installing devmon

[Gé J. <ge....@gm...>]

Hi,

Recently I updated my xymon server to 4.23 and I started testing devmon.

Unfortunately I can't get it working. Can someone point me to the right 
direction?

Steps I took:

Install xymon (/opt/monitor/xymon
install devmon (/opt/monitor/devmon-0.3.1-beta1/) and link -s 
devmon-0.3.1-beta1 devmon
install templates (devmon-templates-20080206) and link -s 
devmon-templates-20080206 templates

cp /usr/lib/mrtg2/*pm modules

configuring bb-hosts:
10.128.168.20   sw2950 # dialup http://sw2950/ ssh telnet 
DEVMON:tests(cpu,fans,power)


configuring devmon.cfg

BBHOSTS=/opt/monitor/xymon/server/etc/bb-hosts
DISPSERV=10.128.168.215 (and tried localhost)
DISPPORT=1984

crontab:
*/5 * * * *     root /root/devmon.sh

script:
callisto:/opt/monitor/devmon # cat /root/devmon.sh
cd /opt/monitor/devmon
/opt/monitor/devmon/devmon --readbbhosts


Tested so far:
callisto:/opt/monitor/devmon # snmpget -v2c -c public sw2950 
1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0  SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: Cisco Internetwork 
Operating System Software
IOS (tm) C2950 Software (C2950-I6K2L2Q4-M), Version 12.1(22)EA13, 
RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2009 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 27-F

works.....

callisto:/opt/monitor/devmon # ./devmon --readbbhosts -vvv
[09-03-18@17:53:58] Option 'bblocation' defaulting to:
[09-03-18@17:53:58] SNMP querying all hosts in bb-hosts file, please wait...
[09-03-18@17:53:58] Checking if         # bbd http://callisto/ matches NET:.
[09-03-18@17:53:58] Checking if                 # dialup http://sw2950/ 
ssh telnet DEVMON  matches NET:.
[09-03-18@17:53:58] Option 'bbdateformat' defaulting to: .
[09-03-18@17:53:58] Querying pre-existing hosts
[09-03-18@17:53:58] Discovered sw2950 as a cisco 2950
[09-03-18@17:53:58] Received signal TERM, shutting down with return code 0
[09-03-18@17:53:58] Received signal TERM, shutting down with return code 0
[09-03-18@17:53:58] Received signal TERM, shutting down with return code 0
[09-03-18@17:53:58] Received signal TERM, shutting down with return code 0
[09-03-18@17:53:58] Received signal TERM, shutting down with return code 0
[09-03-18@17:53:58] Received signal TERM, shutting down with return code 0
[09-03-18@17:53:58] Received signal TERM, shutting down with return code 0
[09-03-18@17:53:58] Received signal TERM, shutting down with return code 0
[09-03-18@17:53:58] Received signal TERM, shutting down with return code 0
[09-03-18@17:53:58] Received signal TERM, shutting down with return code 0

is this OK??


If I do a:
./devmon -f -p -vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

Everything checks out ok.

for instance:
status sw2950.memory green Wed Mar 18 18:04:08 2009

Free memory:       1282980 bytes (33%)
Used memory:       2602216 bytes (67%)
-------------     ----------------
Total memory:      3885196.00 bytes (100%)

<!-- DEVMON to RRD Physical 67%
-->


Devmon version 0.3.1-beta1 running on callisto


If I do a telnet to the xymon server at port 1984 and copy this data, 
everything displays ok:

output from logging: (/var/log/devmon.log)

[09-03-18@18:04:06] ---Initilizing devmon...
[09-03-18@18:04:06] Verbosity level: 18
[09-03-18@18:04:06] Logging to /var/log/devmon.log
[09-03-18@18:04:06] Node 0 reporting to 44.128.168.215
[09-03-18@18:04:06] Running under process id: 11811
[09-03-18@18:04:06] Entering poll loop
[09-03-18@18:04:06] Starting snmp queries
[09-03-18@18:04:06] Getting device status from hobbit at 44.128.168.215:1984
[09-03-18@18:04:06] Querying sw2950 for tests 
if_dsc,cpu,serial,if_stat,fans,if_col,memory,power,if_err,if_load
[09-03-18@18:04:08] Performing test logic
[09-03-18@18:04:08] Done with test logic
[09-03-18@18:04:08] Sending messages to display server
[09-03-18@18:04:08] Sleeping for 58 seconds.
[09-03-18@18:04:10] Received signal INT, shutting down with return code 0
[09-03-18@18:04:10] Shutting down
[09-03-18@18:04:10] Received signal INT, shutting down with return code 0
[09-03-18@18:04:10] Received signal INT, shutting down with return code 0
[09-03-18@18:04:11] Received signal INT, shutting down with return code 0
[09-03-18@18:04:11] Received signal INT, shutting down with return code 0
[09-03-18@18:04:11] Received signal INT, shutting down with return code 0
[09-03-18@18:04:11] Received signal INT, shutting down with return code 0
[09-03-18@18:04:11] Received signal INT, shutting down with return code 0
[09-03-18@18:04:11] Received signal INT, shutting down with return code 0
[09-03-18@18:04:11] Received signal INT, shutting down with return code 0
[09-03-18@18:04:11] Received signal INT, shutting down with return code 0


My interpretation is that devmon doesn't try to reach, or can't reach 
the xymon server. But what is wrong?

port, firewall, etc. is open and checks ok.

Thanks for your assistance.

Ge

[Devmon] Controlling device discovery

[Bruce B. <boa...@sy...>]

I'd like to avoid discovering all interfaces on a device, limiting to uplinks or at least to only the links that are up. How have others dealt with this? thanks

Bruce Boardman
Network Engineer
Syracuse University

Re: [Devmon] Running Devmon as Hobbit User

[Buchan M. <bg...@st...>]

On Monday 16 March 2009 14:56:28 Geoff Hallford wrote:
> Thanks. Forgot about the execute (duh!). I don't believe devmon was
> designed to run as a normal user

It was. The Mandriva package, the packages I provide for RHEL, and all my 
systems, have devmon running as non-root (as 'devmon').

> though, as I also can't stop the daemon as
> a normal user,

Which user the daemon runs as, and which user can start/stop it are different 
issues.

> as killproc is in /sbin. I know I can move that to /bin but
> I don't think that is safe.

The init script may not have been tested with your distro ... on Red-Hat-style 
systems, killproc is a function defined in /etc/rc.d/functions, which is 
sourced by the init script.

Newer versions of the initscripts package (e.g. RHEL5 and newer) have a 
killproc which works with pid files in subdirectories of /var/run, which is 
used correctly by devmon 0.3.1-b1 (and if not present, it uses an internal 
function which is basically a copy of the newer killproc) to more reliably 
shut devmon down when running as non-root.

> Stopping Devmon: /etc/rc.d/devmon: line 28: killproc: command not found

Here are some options:

1)Adjust the PATH in the init script to  include /sbin
2)Submit a patch or new init script for your OS/distro
3)Use packages supplied by your OS/distro


Regards,
Buchan

Re: [Devmon] Running Devmon as Hobbit User

[Geoff H. <geo...@gm...>]

Hi Malcolm,

I am running SUSE 10.0. The kill command is available to the normal users.
Can you please send me your sample rc script? Mine is below and has issues
obviously as a normal user.

#####################

#!/bin/bash
#
# chkconfig: 2345 90 10
# description: An snmp data collector for the hobbit & BigBrother network
#              monitoring suites
# processname: devmon
# pidfile: /var/run/devmon/devmon.pid
# config: /usr/local/devmon/devmon.cfg

# source function library
#. /etc/init.d/functions

RETVAL=0

prog="/usr/local/devmon/devmon"

start() {
        echo -n $"Starting Devmon: "

        $prog
        RETVAL=$?
        echo
        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/devmon
}

stop() {
        echo -n $"Stopping Devmon: "
        killproc devmon
        RETVAL=$?
        echo
        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/devmon
}

case "$1" in
  start)
        start
        ;;
  stop)
        stop
        ;;
  restart|reload)
        stop
        start
        ;;
  *)
        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|condrestart|status}"
        exit 1
esac

exit $RETVAL

#####################

Thanks.

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On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Malcolm Hunter <mal...@gm...>wrote:

> > Thanks. Forgot about the execute (duh!). I don't believe devmon was
> > designed
> > to run as a normal user though, as I also can't stop the daemon as a
> > normal
> > user, as killproc is in /sbin. I know I can move that to /bin but I don't
> > think that is safe.
> >
> > Stopping Devmon: /etc/rc.d/devmon: line 28: killproc: command not found
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> You should be able to run devmon as a user - I have it running as user
> "devmon". What OS are you running? For Linux, there is a Fedora-style rc
> script provided which has a RUNASUSER option in it.
>
> Also, I've not used killproc - I mainly use kill.
>
> Regards,
> Malcolm
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Re: [Devmon] Running Devmon as Hobbit User

[Malcolm H. <mal...@gm...>]

> Thanks. Forgot about the execute (duh!). I don't believe devmon was
> designed
> to run as a normal user though, as I also can't stop the daemon as a
> normal
> user, as killproc is in /sbin. I know I can move that to /bin but I don't
> think that is safe.
> 
> Stopping Devmon: /etc/rc.d/devmon: line 28: killproc: command not found
> 
> Any suggestions?

You should be able to run devmon as a user - I have it running as user "devmon". What OS are you running? For Linux, there is a Fedora-style rc script provided which has a RUNASUSER option in it.

Also, I've not used killproc - I mainly use kill.

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Re: [Devmon] Running Devmon as Hobbit User

[Geoff H. <geo...@gm...>]

Thanks. Forgot about the execute (duh!). I don't believe devmon was designed
to run as a normal user though, as I also can't stop the daemon as a normal
user, as killproc is in /sbin. I know I can move that to /bin but I don't
think that is safe.

Stopping Devmon: /etc/rc.d/devmon: line 28: killproc: command not found

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

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On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Malcolm Hunter <mal...@gm...>wrote:

> > *AS HOBBIT*
> >
> > hobbit@bigbrother:/var/lock> whoami
> > hobbit
> >
> > hobbit@bigbrother:/var/lock> ls -l
> > total 0
> > drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   48 2008-07-10 13:18 dmraid
> > drwxrw-rw-  3 root users 208 2009-03-16 08:25 subsys
> >
> > hobbit@bigbrother:/var/lock> cd subsys/
> > -bash: cd: subsys/: Permission denied
>
> You need execute permission on subsys to be able to cd into it. Also hobbit
> should be a member of the group that owns it - I recommend you change the
> group to something other than "users" though.
>
> Regards,
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Re: [Devmon] Running Devmon as Hobbit User

[Malcolm H. <mal...@gm...>]

> *AS HOBBIT*
> 
> hobbit@bigbrother:/var/lock> whoami
> hobbit
> 
> hobbit@bigbrother:/var/lock> ls -l
> total 0
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   48 2008-07-10 13:18 dmraid
> drwxrw-rw-  3 root users 208 2009-03-16 08:25 subsys
> 
> hobbit@bigbrother:/var/lock> cd subsys/
> -bash: cd: subsys/: Permission denied

You need execute permission on subsys to be able to cd into it. Also hobbit should be a member of the group that owns it - I recommend you change the group to something other than "users" though.

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[Devmon] Running Devmon as Hobbit User

[Geoff H. <geo...@gm...>]

Hi All,

Is there a way to get Devmon to run as a normal user (Hobbit user)? For me,
even if I change permissions on the /var/lock/subsys folders, it will not
let it run as a normal user. I get the following error:

touch: cannot touch `/var/lock/subsys/devmon': Permission denied

Reason I want this is so when Devmon goes purple, I can have hobbit (as the
hobbit user with group users), run the command to restart the daemon
automatically instead of scheduling restart cron jobs.

Thanks.

Geoff Hallford

##################################

Permissions:

*AS ROOT*

bigbrother:/var/lock # whoami
root

bigbrother:/var/lock # ls -l
total 0
drwxrwxr-t   4 root uucp   96 Mar  9 09:13 .
drwxr-xr-x  16 root root  408 Mar  9 08:45 ..
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   48 Jul 10  2008 dmraid
drwxrw-rw-   3 root users 208 Mar 16 08:25 subsys

bigbrother:/var/lock # cd subsys/

bigbrother:/var/lock/subsys # ls -l
total 0
drwxrw-rw-  3 root users 208 Mar 16 08:25 .
drwxrwxr-t  4 root uucp   96 Mar  9 09:13 ..
-rwxrw-rw-  1 root users   0 Mar 15 09:15 sec.pl
-rwxrw-rw-  1 root users   0 Oct 23 14:00 smbfs
-rwxrw-rw-  1 root users   0 Mar 15 09:15 snmptrapd
-rwxrw-rw-  1 root users   0 Mar 15 09:15 snmptt
drwxrw-rw-  2 root users  48 Sep  9  2005 sysconfig

*AS HOBBIT*

hobbit@bigbrother:/var/lock> whoami
hobbit

hobbit@bigbrother:/var/lock> ls -l
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   48 2008-07-10 13:18 dmraid
drwxrw-rw-  3 root users 208 2009-03-16 08:25 subsys

hobbit@bigbrother:/var/lock> cd subsys/
-bash: cd: subsys/: Permission denied

hobbit@bigbrother:/var/lock> ls -l subsys/
/bin/ls: subsys/smbfs: Permission denied
/bin/ls: subsys/sysconfig: Permission denied
/bin/ls: subsys/sec.pl: Permission denied
/bin/ls: subsys/snmptt: Permission denied
/bin/ls: subsys/snmptrapd: Permission denied
total 0