[mrtg] Re: runasDaemon

[Stieers, Ken]

If MRTG has a problem with a CFG file, it will tell you at the beginning and
then quit.  If the CFG file is formatted properly and it parses fine, then
MRTG never looks at it again as all of the data is now now in memory.
Rateup may look at it again, but it didn't look like it after a quick look.


You won't get cron mail messages.  You'll need to come up with some other
way to keep an eye on things. 

HTH, 

Ken 


> Hi all
> 
> could someone explain the behavior of the new RunAsDaemon 
> option in the
> event you run config files in the background? If a problem occurs such
> as SNMP unable to reach a device, currently, using cron, you 
> get a mail
> sent to your cron user with the time and date of the problem.
> 
> If MRTG runs into errors processing a configuration file after some
> interval, how is this brought to the attention of the user? Does MRTG
> just stop working?
> 
> cheers
> 
> Neil

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