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beta3 ping test

list Roland Soderstrom
Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:19:30 +1100
Message-Id: <user-603d7414a79b@xymon.invalid>

Hi,

Why is the configure then allowing me to use /usr/sbin/ping?
It even tests it and acknowledge it is working.
Maybe a text explaining this in the configure file would be nice.

I'll change to xymonping.

- Roland


On 30/11/10 09:47 AM, Henrik Størner wrote:
In<user-c9abe989e9d4@xymon.invalid>  Roland Soderstrom<user-0cec9512a49f@xymon.invalid>  writes:

   
I installed the beta3 in my test env. and conn is always red for all
hosts. (all Solaris 9/10)
I choose to use Solaris /usr/sbin/ping as the "FPING" bin when I
conf/compiled, nothing complained.
Running manually works OK.
     
You cannot just use any "ping" tool - it has to be xymonping- or
fping-compatible. The default Solaris "ping" is not.

Xymon expects a ping tool that will accept a list of IP-adresses
to check on stdin, and writes the result on stdout in the form
   172.16.10.100 is alive (0.03 ms)
or
   172.16.10.38 is unreachable


Regards,
Henrik