On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 14:33 +0200, 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.


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

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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."
> 
> 
> 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 <pete@systemnet.no> 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;
> >
> > <sthen@box2-hex: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.
> 
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Brian A. Seklecki <bseklecki@collaborativefusion.com>
Collaborative Fusion, Inc.