I use thttpd and adapted smokeping to work with it. The reasoning is that because I only monitor my LAN and it has only 2-3 users, the router and cable model, there is no real need to fping outside the LAN.
The only bug I found with my arrangement is that Debian Linux, especially the Ubuntu Linux fork, uses /var/run as a tmpfs which means it is volatile. This also means /var/run/smokeping has to be recreated and assigned for use by smokeping, and smokeping does not check for this. One fix I saw checked for the existence of /var/run/smokeping while running /etc/init.d/smokeping which means it checks for the existence only if it is starting smokeping. However, /var/run/smokeping can be checked at bootup and created before smokeping is started. This saves having to check for it everytime smokeping is started. Which is actually more professional? checking for the directory from /etc/init.d/smokeping, and if it doesn't exist, creating it and assigning permission to smokeping, or doing so from start-up? always _______________________________________________ smokeping-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/smokeping-users
