[ntp:questions] Should ntpd log failure to syslog?
Jan Ceuleers
janspam.ceuleers at skynet.be
Fri Dec 12 16:06:29 UTC 2008
Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> Okay, but . . . . Somebody has to be checking syslog fairly
> frequently. You'd better believe that there are machines out there that
> could catch fire without anyone noticing. Some of them may be serving
> time and even keeping time well.
Syslog (and SNMP) are among the most widely deployed monitoring
mechanisms out there. I submit that leveraging this is beneficial,
particularly because doing so has a lower threshold than having
administrators rely on ntpd-specific monitoring infrastructure.
Cheers, Jan
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