Running cron on a stm page with RCEserverip might work, there is also a wwwstatus
scalar that
might work.
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: "P. Algerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:38:43 -0700
Subject: [sambar] Admin Problem {01}
> I am the admin for several servers (running Sambar) scattered all over
> the place. These servers are on "semi" dynamic IP's.. They change every
> 6 months to 12 months.
>
> I would like to have each server check in with my server (or send me an
> e-mail or something) reporting their current IP and the server's name
> and location. In the event the IP has changed, I can make the proper
> DNS changes even before my customer knows their server is down.
>
> I know there are programs like "Servers Alive" that uses your machine
> to seek out and see if a particular server is up but since the servers
> IP #'s change once in a while, this just doesn't work for me. I also
> like the idea of the each server "reporting in" once a day.
>
> I've thought about writing a perl script that would reside on my server
> and have each client access the script each day as a "Scheduled Task"
> but when I try this approach, the browser window stays open on the
> server. I'd kinda like to make this transpearent on my customer's
> server..
>
> It seems to me that there should be a simple solution to this problem
> but I can't seem to come up with it. Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Paul Alger
>
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