Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 10:29:04 -0500 From: "Kevin Rogers" <krogers@hanleyindustries.com> To: "Chris Linstruth" <cjl@QNET.COM> Cc: "BSD help" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: automated paging thank you Message-ID: <002a01c24ab9$d05790c0$1200a8c0@lobby> References: <Pine.BSI.4.33.0208221056290.16416-100000@cello.qnet.com>
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Thank you all for your help. You will probably see me with some more questions in a week or so. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Linstruth" <cjl@QNET.COM> To: "Kevin Rogers" <krogers@hanleyindustries.com> Cc: "Doug Hardie" <bc979@lafn.org>; "BSD help" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 1:00 PM Subject: Re: automated paging > There is also a SNPP module for perl. (Simple Network Paging Protocol.) > > Its utility for you depends on whether your pager service has an > SNPP gateway or not. > > We use SNPP.pm to send pages to our in-house SNPP Server (Super > Pager for OS/2) which takes care of dialing the appropriate pager > service and relaying the message. Works great. > > $ perl5 snpppage.pl snpp.domain.com Chris "Message to send" > > The OS/2 software knows how to page "Chris" > -- > Chris Linstruth <cjl@qnet.com> > > On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Kevin Rogers wrote: > > > Thanks for the script I am now debating on using big brother or qpage. > > possably a combination of both. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Doug Hardie" <bc979@lafn.org> > > To: "Kevin Rogers" <krogers@hanleyindustries.com> > > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 12:28 PM > > Subject: Re: automated paging > > > > > > > I wrote a program as I wanted a log of the pages along with some > > > other logging capabilities. I will attach a copy of the source I > > > use. Note it is setup for a server on one machine and clients on the > > > others. The server does the logging. The clients send the alert > > > messages. I keep one log for multiple machines. The use of shared > > > memory is a leftover and is no longer needed. I never bothered to > > > clean it up. > > > > > > > > > At 1211 -0500 8/22/2002, Kevin Rogers wrote: > > > >As I have not bought the pager yet I would probably get one that supports > > > >the e-mail. How do you have yours set up? Did you write a script or do > > you > > > >have program. I am looking for a free program or a script that I can > > write > > > >because I am on a rather small budget. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Doug Hardie" <bc979@lafn.org> > > > >To: "Kevin Rogers" <krogers@hanleyindustries.com> > > > >Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > > >Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 12:01 PM > > > >Subject: re: automated paging > > > > > > > > > > > >> At 1154 -0500 8/22/2002, Kevin Rogers wrote: > > > >> >Are there any free ones or is there some way that I could write my > > > >> >own script? I am on a rather small budget that most of it was spwnt > > > >> >buying the box. > > > >> >----- Original Message ----- > > > >> >From: <mailto:krogers@hanleyindustries.com>Kevin Rogers > > > >> >To: > > <mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > >> >Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 11:31 AM > > > >> >Subject: automated paging > > > >> > > > > >> >I am making a mail server/firewall for the company that I work for > > > >> >and would like to know how to make a script that pages me via text > > > >> >message when ever something goes wrong, i.e. hacker attempt, or one > > > >> >of the other computers on the network goes down. Any help would be > > > >> >greatly appreciated > > > >> > > > >> It depends on how you activate the pager. Mine takes a e-mail > > > >> addressed properly and it sends me the text of the message (first > > > >> hundred or so bytes). You can include a mail command in a script or > > > >> create an app that handles notification of the pager. I did the > > > >> latter as I wanted it to keep a log of the pages. > > > >> -- > > > >> -- Doug > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > ---- > > > > > > > -- > > > -- Doug > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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