On 2008/05/08 14:33, Pete Vickers wrote:
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>
> 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.

check_ntp_time should be fine for that.

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> "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."

I think that's just useful for ISC ntpd, it checks stratum.