From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 8 0:33:33 2002 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 1E93D37B401 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 00:33:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 453D643E77 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 00:33:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gA88XJtf003226 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 08:33:19 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gA88XEBt003225 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 08:33:14 GMT Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 08:33:14 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: monitoring CPU/mem etc without SNMP Message-ID: <20021108083314.GA3028@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20021107223025.39478.qmail@web10103.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021107223025.39478.qmail@web10103.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_01_02,USER_AGENT, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.43 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 02:30:25PM -0800, twig les wrote: > Hey all, after a bit of thinking and some looking thru > email archives I'm still stumped on a way to get CPU, > memory, disk I/O, disk use etc.... info from one > machine to another without using SNMP. All these > boxes are FreeBSD 4.7 Release. Check out Big Brother http://bb4.com/ -- it's not in ports, but it's written in quite portable shell scripts, so you should be able to get it running without too much hassle. There's also a large library of add-ons available at http://www.deadcat.net/ which should let you monitor whatever you want. Note that Big Brother is only free for non-commercial use. > So is anyone doing this? The key I'm looking for is > security, which negates SNMP. Something small and > secure with almost no extra features would be nice. However you set it up, something of this nature will expose you to extra security risks. I wouldn't necessarily rate Big Brother as particularly more secure than a well configured SNMP based system, but BB is certainly easier to get right for first timers. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message