When NTP is not running we currently get: $ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ntp -H 127.0.0.1; echo $? NTP CRITICAL: No response from NTP server 2
However, I can reproduce James' case : - install nagios-plugins and ntp - edit /etc/ntp.conf to comment out the "server" line and restart ntp "ntpq -p" should then return "No association ID's returned" : the NTP server is running, but not fully configured. Then you get: $ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ntp -H 127.0.0.1; echo $? NTP OK: Offset unknown| 0 Without any parameter, ntp_check just checks that a NTP server is running. To have it react to bad offsets (or the absence of) then you should provide -c / -w parameters... I agree that's questionable design, but probably still a feature and not a bug ? -- ntp check is worse than useless https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/162389 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to nagios-plugins in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
