question

[Mike McClure]

How about this for a start?

smbclient '\\server\share' <password> -U username -c 'cd directory; dir' | wc -l


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Mike McClure, CCIE # 5125, CISSP # 30232
PNE Services, Inc. -  http://www.pneservices.com


> Jeremy,
>
> actually it's a long story but it's a home grown smtp server for use
> over satellite connections.  Our company provides email services with a
> proprietary software over sat.  Right now we have our support people
> watching the servers 24/7 for problems.  On of the key indicators they
> watch is the mail queue.  If I had a plugin to alert them when the
> number of messages that are queued gets too high, then they could get
> more sleep.
>
> the plugin actually just needs to monitor the number of files in a
> directory.  This might also be good for seeing when log files pile up or
> anything of that nature.
>
> In my particular situation, the files are stored in a samba share on a
> linux box until the smtp server makes a connection and then retrieves
> them.
>





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