[smokeping-users] converted smokeping to work with thttpd

[Ryan Harden]

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I don't use thttpd or Ubuntu, but have run across similar issues for
other projects where /var/run is a tmpfs. Why not just dump the lock and
PID files in /var/run and skip making a smokeping directory? This would
save you having to detect or create it at all.

As for which is more professional...using several of the machines we
have around here as an example: Some packages create a directory, some
just dump the files directly in /var/run and I don't see either as being
more or less professional.

In one case where I run smokeping on a machine on which I don't have
root and cannot write outside of my directories, I put my lock and PID
files in <smokepingroot>/var.

SideNote: putting the lockfile in the tmpfs would save you the hassle of
detecting a stale lockfile upon a failure of the box as it would be
removed upon reboot.

/Ryan

Stephen wrote:
> I use thttpd and adapted smokeping to work with it.
> 
> The reasoning is that because I only monitor my LAN
> and it has only 2-3 users, the router and cable model,
> there is no real need to fping outside the LAN.
> 
> The only bug I found with my arrangement is that 
> Debian Linux, especially the Ubuntu Linux fork, uses
> /var/run as a tmpfs which means it is volatile.
> 
> This also means /var/run/smokeping has to be recreated 
> and assigned for use by smokeping, and smokeping does 
> not check for this.
> 
> One fix I saw checked for the existence of /var/run/smokeping
> while running /etc/init.d/smokeping which means it checks
> for the existence only if it is starting smokeping.
> 
> However, /var/run/smokeping can be checked at bootup and
> created before smokeping is started. This saves having to
> check for it everytime smokeping is started.
> 
> Which is actually more professional? checking for the directory
> from /etc/init.d/smokeping, and if it doesn't exist, creating it 
> and assigning permission to smokeping, or doing so from start-up?
> 
> always
> 
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