[mrtg] Re: runasDaemon

[Neil Calvert]

hrm.. not so worried about bad CFG files as about being unable to
contact devices and being unaware of it.

it would be  nice if you could specify a MRTG SNMP log file where it
recorded failures to get attributes (along with a timestamp...)

Neil

-----Original Message-----
From: Stieers, Ken <KStieers at dainrauscher.com>
To: 'Neil Calvert' <ncalvert at cabletron.com>; mrtglist
<mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch>
Date: Thursday, January 20, 2000 3:08 PM
Subject: RE: [mrtg] runasDaemon


>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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