1 files changed, 36 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/plugins-scripts/check_ntp.pl b/plugins-scripts/check_ntp.pl
index 10079b69..0546761b 100755
--- a/plugins-scripts/check_ntp.pl
+++ b/plugins-scripts/check_ntp.pl
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ my $answer = undef;
 my $offset = undef;
 my $jitter = undef;
 my $syspeer = undef;
-my $candidates = 0;
+my $candidate = 0;
+my @candidates;
 my $msg; # first line of output to print if format is invalid
 
 my $state = $ERRORS{'UNKNOWN'};
@@ -252,6 +253,9 @@ if ( $? && !$ignoreret ) {
 # Field 10: offset
 # Field 11: dispersion/jitter
 # 
+# According to bug 773588 Some solaris xntpd implementations seemto match on
+# "#" even though the docs say it exceeds maximum distance. Providing patch
+# here which will generate a warining.
 
 if ($have_ntpq) {
 
@@ -264,12 +268,13 @@ if ($have_ntpq) {
                         }
                         # number of candidates on <host> for sys.peer
                         if (/^(\*|\+|\#|o])/) {
-                                ++$candidates;
-                                print "Candiate count= $candidates\n" if ($verbose);
+                                ++$candidate;
+                                push (@candidates, $_);
+                                print "Candiate count= $candidate\n" if ($verbose);
                         }
-
+                        
                         # match sys.peer or pps.peer
-                        if (/^(\*|o)([-0-9.\s]+)\s+([-0-9A-Za-z.]+)\s+([-0-9.]+)\s+([lumb]+)\s+([-0-9m.]+)\s+([-0-9.]+)\s+([-0-9.]+)\s+([-0-9.]+)\s+([-0-9.]+)\s+([-0-9.]+)/) {
+                        if (/^(\*|o)([-0-9.\s]+)\s+([-0-9A-Za-z.]+)\s+([-0-9.]+)\s+([lumb-]+)\s+([-0-9m.]+)\s+([-0-9.]+)\s+([-0-9.]+)\s+([-0-9.]+)\s+([-0-9.]+)\s+([-0-9.]+)/) {
                                 $syspeer = $2;
                                 $stratum = $4;
                                 $jitter = $11;
@@ -284,8 +289,34 @@ if ($have_ntpq) {
                                         $jitter_error = $ERRORS{'OK'};
                                 }
                         }
+                        
                 }
                 close NTPQ;
+
+                # if we did not match sys.peer or pps.peer but matched # candidates only
+                # generate a warning 
+                # based on bug id 773588
+                unless (defined $syspeer) {
+                        if ($#candidates >0) {
+                                foreach my $c (@candidates) {
+                                        $c =~ /^(#)([-0-9.\s]+)\s+([-0-9A-Za-z.]+)\s+([-0-9.]+)\s+([lumb-]+)\s+([-0-9m.]+)\s+([-0-9.]+)\s+([-0-9.]+)\s+([-0-9.]+)\s+([-0-9.]+)\s+([-0-9.]+)/;
+                                        $syspeer = $2;
+                                        $stratum = $4;
+                                        $jitter = $11;
+                                        print "candidate match $c \n" if $verbose;
+                                        if ($jitter > $jcrit) {
+                                                print "Candidate match - Jitter_crit = $11 :$jcrit\n" if ($verbose);
+                                                $jitter_error = $ERRORS{'CRITICAL'};
+                                        }elsif ($jitter > $jwarn ) {
+                                                print "Candidate match - Jitter_warn = $11 :$jwarn \n" if ($verbose);
+                                                $jitter_error = $ERRORS{'WARNING'};
+                                        } else {
+                                                $jitter_error = $ERRORS{'WARNING'};
+                                        }
+                                }
+
+                        }
+                }
         }
 }