Re: monitoring a port?

[Mike <mikee (at) mikee.ath.cx>]

On 2006-10-27, Mike <mikee (at) mikee.ath.cx> wrote:
> On 2006-10-27, Henrik Stoerner <henrik (at) hswn.dk> wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 03:05:20PM -0500, Mike wrote:
>>> I know using bb-hosts there are tags to watch for ftp and other ports.
>>> Is there a syntax to monitor a specific port by port number?
>>> 
>>> 10.1.1.1	host	# hpjd:9100
>>> 
>>> Giving the above line as an example/question on monitoring a HP Jet
>>> Direct device at port 9100.
>>
>> Provided you've defined "hpjd" in bb-services, this will do just what
>> you want it to.
>
> I had forgotten about bb-services. Thanks.

Does anyone have definitions for mysql, ntp, syslogd, snmp, etc? Does
bb-services only work for tcp or will it work also for udp?

Mike