Check_Time plugin and BST

[Subhendu Ghosh]

On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Chris Losch wrote:

> I'm having a problem with the Check_Time plugin,
>  
> I am using the checkcommand to check our primary internal time server, which
> synchronises itself with an Internet Time source, server for skew,
> using the following.
> --snip--
> command_line         $USER1$/check_time -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w 10 -c 30 -W 2 -C
> 5
> --end snip--
>  
> Ignoring the warn and critical levels I have set, the skew is reported as ~
> 3600 second time difference (1 hour)
>  
> The Redhat 7.3 Linux box I am running nagios on is currently on BST (British
> Summer Time = GMT +1 for our Internation users) at the moment, and requires
> that I put its time back an hour (to GMT) so that the time falls within the
> specified period to give an 'ok' response.
>  
> Presumably once we here go back to GMT this will then work 'as it says on
> the tin' but surely either I am missing something here? Is everyone else
> somehow fudging this to get an 'OK' response ? Is there something I need to
> do on the Linux box? 
>  
> I have the Questions, does anyone have the answers.... ?
>  
> (check_time is version 1.1.1.1)
>  
> 


haven't touched the time protocol in ages - any chance you are running 
NTP?

-- 
-sg



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