If getting access to the system is not possible, then a network trace showing a connection could help too. with that we can write our own "server" for it that emulates the same behaviour.... So if someone has access to such a system then please send us a network trace of a "connection" to it. (ethereal or netmon)
Dirk Bulinckx. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 4:26 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: [SA-list] Checking Telnet response A two part telnet question. I have a Galleon NTP server, which I want to check using Telnet. When you connect to it via telnet, it responds with the following: NTP Server Synchronised to GPS 2007/07/03 14:10:37 (Obviously the date/time stamp changes) My first thought was to use a custom TCP protocol check, using the "Packet to receive on connect" field. However, that check seems only to return "NTP Server" (i.e. the first line of the response - it's actually the second line that is the critical one). Question 1 to Dirk therefore: am I interpreting this behaviour correctly? Is there any way to get the check to see more than the first line? I then tried using the COMTELNET addon. However I'm having intermittent results with this. It seems to take anything between 5 and 15 seconds to do the check (!) and frequently comes up with an error (I think it was error 40006, but of course Gray's law of IT support (nothing will go wrong when you want it to go wrong) means that it won't generate that error now. When it does work, there's nothing in the result box, so I'm not very confident about whether it is actually working correctly. So, 2nd question goes to Michael - any suggestions on this? Cheers, Ian _________________________________ Ian K Gray OEL IS - European Infrastructure Support Tel: +44 1236 502661 Mob: +44 7881 518854 Me transmitte sursum, caledoni! ______________________________________________________________________________ Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily of the Company. This email and any files transmitted with it, including replies and forwarded copies (which may contain alterations) subsequently transmitted from the Company are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. It may contain material protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately of the error and delete any copies of this message Warning: Although the Company has taken reasonable precautions to ensure that no viruses are present in this e-mail, the Company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this e-mail or attachments. To unsubscribe send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE as subject to [email protected] If you use auto-responders (like out-of-the-office messages), then make sure that they are not send to the list nor to the individual members of the list that send a message. Doing this will get you removed from the list. To unsubscribe send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE as subject to [email protected] If you use auto-responders (like out-of-the-office messages), then make sure that they are not send to the list nor to the individual members of the list that send a message. Doing this will get you removed from the list.
