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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!alpha.sky.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-chi-13.sprintlink.net!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.cuhk.edu.hk!news.uoregon.edu!hunter.premier.net!news.cais.net!nntp04.primenet.com!news.shkoo.com!nntp.primenet.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!hole.news.pipex.net!pipex!halon.vggas.com!news From: JYoungman@vggas.com (James Youngman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin,alt.sys.sun,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: ping script Date: 2 Aug 1996 16:02:53 GMT Organization: VG Gas Analysis Systems Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4tt8rd$gbd@halon.vggas.com> References: <Pine.SOL.3.93.960702171209.4062B-100000@gold.acns.fsu.edu> <4tkjiq$32g@typo.org> <4tmpnr$gg4@redstone.interpath.net> <4toqd6$bsj@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> <4tq1cn$n6t@charm.il.ft.hse.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: xenon.vggas.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.sun.admin:71679 alt.sys.sun:10471 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1288 comp.unix.programmer:40515 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4452 comp.unix.admin:45642 In article <4tq1cn$n6t@charm.il.ft.hse.nl>, robert@il.ft.hse.nl says... >Sendmail and rwhod arent started from inetd. If the remote inetd isn't >running, it doesn't mean the machine is down (as Kevin made clear). Similarly, if the machine responds to pings, it does not mean the machine is UP, either. -- James Youngman VG Gas Analysis Systems The trouble with the rat-race is, even if you win, you're still a rat.