I think the security would be the biggest problem.. I think I could get it to work... but the secuirty sacrifice would make it useless.. no IA team would let it pass..
On 1/31/08, patrick zandi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > good point Axton -- > I thought of that after ward... > But I need the salt so I can make a way... > I love it when it is mpossible odds.. > ;-) > > On 1/31/08, Axton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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.comARSlist: > > > "Where the Answers Are" html___ > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > > Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > > > > > -- > Patrick Zandi > > Dev Technology Group --> www.devtechnology.com > Exceeding your Expectations ! > -- Patrick Zandi Dev Technology Group --> www.devtechnology.com Exceeding your Expectations ! _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
