[Nagiosplug-help] check_ntp errors cause UNKNOWN status

[Aaron Carr]

If you mean look at the ntp.conf file on the ntp server, I cannot.  I
do not have access, nor is it likely that I will be granted access.

On 8/24/05, Subhendu Ghosh <sghosh at sghosh.org> wrote:
> 
> ntpdate will get an answer when ntpq will not due to the fact that ntpq
> exposes much more info than ntpdate.  Take a look at the restrict line in
> ntp.conf
> 
> On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Aaron Carr wrote:
> 
> > All I get is 156.70.35.1: timed out, nothing received
> > ***Request timed out
> >
> > This is for multiple hosts that definitely DO have ntpd running on
> > them.  If I use "ntpdate host", it works fine.
> >
> > Perhaps some of the features have been disabled?  There are some areas
> > of the company that are freakishly locked down.
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> > On 8/24/05, Subhendu Ghosh <sghosh at sghosh.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Can you check if "ntpq -np host" gets a response - if not you need to
> >> modify ntp.conf access control on host.
> >>
> >> On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Aaron Carr wrote:
> >>
> >>> I removed the code you mentioned, and tried it on both Linux and
> >>> Solaris hosts, but I'm still getting the same error on both:
> >>>
> >>> "Use of uninitialized value in division (/) at ./check_ntp line 421."
> >>>
> >>> Line 421 is "print ("NTP $key: $answer|offset=$offset, jitter=" .
> >>> $jitter/1000 .     ",peer_stratum=$stratum\n");"
> >>>
> >>> On 8/24/05, Subhendu Ghosh <sghosh at sghosh.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Bug 1267741
> >>>>
> >>>> Can you remove the $jitter = statement in the else branch at line 309:
> >>>> }else {
> >>>>       print "No match!\n" if $verbose;
> >>>> #    $jitter = '(not parsed)';
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Aaron Carr wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> plugin version - 1.4.1
> >>>>> ntpdc version - 4.2.0a at 1.1190-r
> >>>>> ntpq version - 4.2.0a at 1.1190-r
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 8/24/05, Subhendu Ghosh <sghosh at sghosh.org> wrote:
> >>>>>> On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Aaron Carr wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I've been digging through the archives, but I don't see any solid
> >>>>>>> answers to this question.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> If I execute check_ntp at the command line, I get the following as my
> >>>>>>> first line of output:
> >>>>>>> "Use of uninitialized value in division (/) at check_ntp line 424."
> >>>>>>> The next line reads "NTP OK: Offset 0.023199 secs|offset=0.023199,
> >>>>>>> jitter=0,peer_stratum=5", which is great, but with the first line
> >>>>>>> being the error, Nagios has already changed the status to "UNKNOWN".
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Does anyone have a working check_ntp?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thanks.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Aaron
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> plugin version
> >>>>>> ntpdc version
> >>>>>> ntpq version
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> -sg
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
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