[Nagiosplug-devel] check_ntp (nagios-plugins 1.3.1) 1.14.2.3 offset 0
Subhendu Ghosh
sghosh at sghosh.org
Wed Oct 15 07:08:03 CEST 2003
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Dmitry Sazonov wrote:
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> When checking yourself offset is usually 0. That should not trigger CRITICAL event.
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> CVS view:
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> 202 sghosh 1.4
> 203 # An offset of 0.000000 with an error is probably bogus. Actually,
> 204 # it's probably always bogus, but let's be paranoid here.
> 205 if ($offset == 0) { undef $offset;}
> 206
> 207 $ntpdate_error = defined ($offset) ? $ERRORS{"OK"} : $ERRORS{"CRITICAL"};
> 208 print "ntperr = $ntpdate_error \n" if $verbose;
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I guess we thought of using it on remote hosts only although I have
seen offsets of 0.000001 at least when run against localhost.
checking localtime against localtime seemed silly.
Probably should check to make sure stratum != 0 or stratum != 16
feel like writing a patch ;)
--
-sg
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