Checking time on remote host

Patrick Morris patrick.morris at hp.com
Mon Apr 17 21:17:00 CEST 2006


How about using NRPE to execute the check_time plugin remotely against 
a known good time source?

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, James Nachlin wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to figure out a way to check that my clocks are realtively in 
> synch, without running an extra service on port 37 on all of my 
> machines.  This rules out the check_time plugin.
> 
> In order to write my own plugin, I would have to get check_nrpe to send 
> out the current time to the remote nrpe daemon.  Is there a way to do 
> this, or a better way in general to check time?
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> 
> -- 
> Jim Nachlin
> Motionbox Systems Administrator
> 
> 
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