I did not mean to add ssh client to nsclient++ but I could write a plugin that runs plink when nsclient++ starts and makes sure plink is running, but maybe NSCA is probably a better solution (which nsclient++ already has :)
// MickeM > On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:36:32 +0100, Michael Medin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Humm, this was quite interesting, is there a way to (from the plink) to >> detect the status of the connection or does plink "die" when the >> connection dies even? >> Would be quite simple to add a "plugin" to run this from within >> nsclient++, but for it to be useful you would need to be able to detect >> the status of the link (and I have never used the command myself). > > Hi, > > Well, I once wrote a script that basically runs 'cat' command and uses it > to "ping" the server - it writes some garbage every few minutes and checks > if it gets back. > > I'll play with doing it as a service on Windows and if this is trivial > enough, I'll make it opensource. > > I don't think that putting ssh client in NSClient as a plugin is a good > way, though. I'm wondering if it can't report directly to NCSA as a long > term solution? > > -- > Wojciech Kocjan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
