[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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