Interesting topic. This is a question for anyone with C programming experience on unix or linux.
When sending icmp packets, you have to create a raw socket. This requires either running the program as root or setting suid bit and the owner of the program to root. With the structure of the plugin server, would a shared object (.so) loaded by arplugin not running as root be able to create a raw socket if the .so was owned by root and the the suid bit set? Thanks, Axton Grams On Jan 30, 2008 6:30 PM, patrick zandi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ** > --Concept-- > Unless this application is going to provide some internal historical data.. > I see no reason for maintaining it in ARS. > Just call a widget. -- Create a VB or Something else, that pop's a window > and shows network health. > or even use the widget to call a View of HP Openview (your personal View of > Servers, Services) > or Bim/Sim it, and have the Proformance monitor show you your specialized > view (highend customers). > -- > I used to have a script in unix around that I wrote some 12 years ago.. that > was pretty cool, will have to see if I can modify it to run on MS..but first > I have to find it. You just plug in the Servers/Whatever.. and every 30 > seconds it told you if it was alive or down. You have to be able to write > something like this in windows easy enough. > > I know there are hundreds of Scripters on the list.. that could just pop > that out.. no problem. > Maybe a config file and an Executable. -- use Remedy usertool to modify the > Config as you choose, and run the executable. > > I found one in PERL http://cpan.org/authors/id/S/SR/SREZIC/pingomatic-1.013 > But we need one that pops a MS Window and shows the data.. right.. > on the unix side found this.. > http://www.sunmanagers.org/pipermail/summaries/2003-January/002996.html > ... Coder's Arise... > Surely it is possible to have a small window with Tiny font, pop a window > and show > name --> Alive > name ++ Down > name --> Alive > > and it stays on top. Forced.. > --/Concept > > > > > On 1/30/08, Steven Pataray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ** > > As for the Up and Down field, maybe have the results create a text file on > the server then create a Menu of Menu Type of File to access the text file. > Then connect the menu to a character field. > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > On 1/30/08, William H. Will Du Chene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Why not... > > > > > > 1.) Develop a form that contains the ip address, or host name of the > > > machine that you want to ping. > > > 2.) Develop a view form with a table field that queries the host form. > > > 3.) Develop a simple Perl script and place it on your server to be run > via > > > an escalation every X minutes. > > > > > > The Perl script would then use the ARSPerl module to open up the host > form > > > within the AR System and retrieve a list of the hosts that it needs to > > > contact. It would then cycle through each of the servers therein, and > > > update the corrosponding server's host record within the AR System. The > > > Perl script could use either one of the Net modules, or simply be a > > > wrapper for the ping utility. Maybe you could even do something a bit > more > > > classy, such as open a connection to the any of the services that might > be > > > on the server and verify that they are available (for example, if this > > > server is an IMAP server, your script could access an account, or if the > > > server is a database server, it could create a row in a test table & > > > database) and collect the delta for the amount of time that the > operation > > > took and place that into the host record. > > > > > > From your control panel form, use an active link that updates every X > time > > > period. The idea being that any servers that are down, or services that > > > would be unavailable would be visible within the control panel. Of > course, > > > the accuracy is limited by the delta in time that is present between the > > > last run time of the script and the refresh on the control panel, but it > > > should work fine for the average stuff. Besides, if it's a major network > > > or service outage, the customers will be on the phone anyway... > > > > > > Just a thought... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Will Du Chene > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.myspace.com/wduchene > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > > > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > > > Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Thanks > > > > Steven Pataray > > Senior Analyst, Help Desk > > Bank of Hawaii > > 909 Dillingham Blvd, Honolulu, HI. 96817 > > 808 694-5078 __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the > Answers Are" html___ > > > > -- > Patrick Zandi > > Dev Technology Group --> www.devtechnology.com > Exceeding your Expectations ! __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: > "Where the Answers Are" html___ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
