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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>So I have been looking at <span class=SpellE>Nagios</span>
as a way to monitor remote <span class=GramE>users</span> machines, and it
looks pretty promising, except I have a few questions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Is there a way to install the plug-ins or something
comparable on remote machines, without installing <span class=SpellE>nagios</span>?
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Really what I’m trying to do
is <span class=SpellE>check_ping</span>,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><span class=GramE><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>check_http</span></font></span></span><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>, <span class=SpellE>check_smtp</span> on machines behind firewalls with
a minimal of installation.</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> (Read: I can talk someone through
it on the phone).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>On <span
class=SpellE>linux</span> it’s not so bad, I could hack together some suitable
scripts, but…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>How do people manage passive service checks on remote windows
machines?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Is there a way that
qualifies the above?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>At this point
I am thinking at best I can maybe use the java system but I don’t want to
deal with having to support admin of a <span class=SpellE>jre</span> as well. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Or I could write something comparable in
C, but my C skills are rusty and I’d rather not do that either.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>If anyone has any ideas or suggestions I’d greatly
appreciate it!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-Gabe<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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