Server Monitor

[Eric R.]

admin at kclinux.net wrote:
> Anyone know of a linux script that will monitor a server and will send an
> email when something is down?  For example, makes sure the server is up
> (PING), makes sure webpages come up (APACHE), and so on.  If it's down,
> maybe send a custom error to an email address. (A Mobil Phone pager)
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NetSaint fit the bill for us here.  I believe it's depracated at this 
point, but it works great, and meets the requirements you listed.

thanks,
Eric