From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 2 01:37:36 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 3EE9B16A403 for ; Mon, 2 Oct 2006 01:37:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D057D43D49 for ; Mon, 2 Oct 2006 01:37:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) id k921bZx7042055; Sun, 1 Oct 2006 20:37:35 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 20:37:34 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: jhall@vandaliamo.net Message-ID: <20061002013734.GC77128@dan.emsphone.com> References: <1532.12.170.206.13.1159751554.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1532.12.170.206.13.1159751554.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> X-OS: FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Checking remote processes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:37:36 -0000 In the last episode (Oct 02), jhall@vandaliamo.net said: > Is there a way to test a remote server to determine if certain > processes are running? > > For example, can server 1 check server 2, which is at a remote > location, to ensure squid is running? > > I have not been able to figure out how to do this, or if it is even > possible. Easiest way would be to try connecting to squid's listening port. This only works with daemons that listen on internet sockets, but quite a few do. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com