Definition: spong-client: A systems and network monitoring system -- client programs This package includes the spong applications for monitoring systems and network services, and text based programs for requesting information or acknowledging problems from the spong server Spong is a simple systems and network monitoring package. It does not compete with Tivoli, OpenView, UniCenter, or any other commercial packages. It is not SNMP based, it communicates via simple TCP based messages. It is written in perl and easily modifiable. Its features include: * client based monitoring (CPU, disk, processes, logs, etc.) * monitoring of network services (smtp, http, ping, pop, dns, etc.) * grouping of hosts (routers, servers, workstations, PCs) * rules based messaging when problems occur * configurable on a host by host basis * results displayed via text or web based interface * history of problems * verbose information to help diagnosis problems * modular programs to makes it easy to add or replace check functions or features * Big Brother BBSERVER emulation to allow Big Brother Clients to be used
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Source: Debian 3.0r0 APT / Linux Dictionary V 0.16
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.html
Author: Binh Nguyen linuxfilesystem(at)yahoo(dot)com(dot)au
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