--- On Thu, 6/18/09, Jacob Steinberger <trefal...@realitybytes.net> wrote:

> From: Jacob Steinberger <trefal...@realitybytes.net>
> Subject: Re: monitor ntpd process and generate a trap
> To: net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Received: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 2:03 PM
> Quoting PoWah Wong <wong_po...@yahoo.ca>:
> > # service ntpd restart
> > Shutting down ntpd:         
>                
>               [ 
> OK  ]
> > Starting ntpd:         
>                
>                
>    [  OK  ]
> >
> > The 172.20.11.72 computer do not receive any trap from
> ntpd restart.
> 
> That's fully expected. A restart of NTP takes less than a
> second. SNMP  
> monitors processes not by PIDs or kernel messages, but by
> just their  
> name in a `ps -e`. The monitor process, by default, occurs
> every 60  
> seconds.
> 
> Stop NTP for a minute or two, and see if you get an alarm.
> 
> Jacob
> 
You are right.
I get an alarm after stopping NTP for a minute or two.
Thanks.


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