On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 21:54:30 +0000 p <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 03:09:58PM -0600, Jacob S wrote: > > On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 16:01:07 -0500 > > Andr?s Rold?n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Michael Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > Are there any network monitoring tools that monitor the > > > > availability of network resources (HTTP, IMAP, POP3, IMAP, SSH, > > > > NNTP, FTP, DNS, RSYNC) that I can run from the command line? > > > > Right now I'm using a shell script that checks if the machine is > > > > pingable, but I'm finding that often the service has died but > > > > the machine is still reachable with ping. > > > > > Nagios may help. > > > > I'll second that. We're using it for several servers at work with > > great success. It's even in Sarge now. > > i just tried to install "nagios-common" and it > removed a lot of my good programs--gimp, xine, > mplayer.... that doesn't even begin to scratch > the surface. (i'm still trying to access the > totality of what it removed.) from what's left, > i may have to rebuild the box. (mplayer won't > even install now.) > > why would a "network monitoring tool" need to > decimate a system?
Sounds like you had a different problem with your system that you didn't notice until you tried to install nagios-common. I am running Sarge, not sid, and I didn't actually complete the install, but running "apt-get install nagios-common" and "apt-get install nagios-common nagios-text" did not make apt report any packages that it would be removing. If you could post some additional details I am sure it would be helpful to the Debian developers, as that's obviously not what packages are "supposed to do". HTH, Jacob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
