From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 24 16:36:33 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 195D916A4CE for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:36:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp1.utdallas.edu (smtp1.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA65A43D48 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:36:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from utd49554 (utd49554.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.85]) by smtp1.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C93A388D01 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:36:32 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:36:32 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <57F38D49593DEC8728659864@utd49554.utdallas.edu> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.1.6 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Monitoring critical processes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:36:33 -0000 Is there a utility (perhaps in ports) that can 1) monitor critical processes and detect when they've stopped and 2) send an email alert (or even pager) and 3) restart the process if it's failed. I've been using shell scripts for this, but ISTM that somebody might have actually written a nice little program that does it. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu