Administrator's Guide

Host Manager Screen
Adding New Hosts
Chapter 6
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Step 2. The entries in the /etc/hosts file on the administration system are added to the hosts
list according to “Rules for Host Lists Files” on page 90; the Monitored boxes are
unchecked.
Adding New Hosts from a File
To add new hosts from a file
On the Host Manager screen:
Step 1. Do one of:
• Choose the Edit > Add Host > Load Hosts List File menu item
• Press Shift-F7
Step 2. The Open dialog box is displayed (Figure 6-5). It defaults to the
/var/opt/ids/gui/logs directory and displays files of type Host Files.
Figure 6-5 Open Dialog
Step 3. You can change the Files of type: dropdown list to All Files and use the Look in:
dropdown list with the display list to choose the directory where your file resides.
Step 4. Select your file from the display list and click Open to read the file or Cancel to abort,
Step 5. The entries in the file are added to the hosts list according to “Rules for Host Lists Files”
on page 90; the Monitored boxes are unchecked.
Rules for Host Lists Files
Host lists files, including /etc/hosts, are expected to be in the format described in hosts
(4). They are processed by HP-UX HIDS as follows:
1. Lines with a pound sign (#) in column 1 are ignored. # characters found elsewhere in
the line are treated as ordinary characters.
2. Blank lines are ignored.
3. The first word in a line is used as the IP address. Duplicate IP addresses are ignored.
4. The second word in a line is used as the host name. If there is no second word, the
first word is used as the host name.