On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 14:33 +0200, Pete Vickers wrote: > that works fine: > > $ ~>/usr/local/libexec/nagios/check_ntp_time -H ntp1 > NTP OK: Offset 0.0008395434124 secs|offset=0.000840s; > 60.000000;120.000000; > > but, I'm trying to verifty the NTP server's health, not that my > monitoring host is sync'd to it.
Nagios checks almost never have sufficient debugging mechanisms, and UDP services dont send RST+ICMP. You an always: $ sudo ntpdate -qdv [host to check] ~BAS > "Notes: > This plugin checks the clock offset between the local host and a > remote NTP server. It is independent of any commandline programs or > external libraries. > > If you'd rather want to monitor an NTP server, please use > check_ntp_peer." > > > but that doesn't work (for me) : > > $ ~>/usr/local/libexec/nagios/check_ntp_peer -H ntp1 -t 3 > CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 3 seconds > > > > /Pete > > > > On 8 May 2008, at 1:55 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > On 2008-05-08, Pete Vickers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Has anybody gotten Nagois' check_ntp_* to play nicely with a remote > >> openntp service ? It appears to rely upon services not implemented > >> in openntp ? > > > > this is against an OpenNTP server; > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]:12>$ /usr/local/libexec/nagios/check_ntp_time -H ntp > > NTP OK: Offset -0.002711469308 secs|offset=-0.002711s; > > 60.000000;120.000000; > > > > so, it can work. > -- Brian A. Seklecki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Collaborative Fusion, Inc.
