LPM: newbie help

[Joe Hourcle]

On Thu, 8 Jun 2000 repett0 at sac.uky.edu wrote:

> 
> Ok I know the basics of perl and I can program..(there I said it).. here
> is the ?
> 
> Im redoing some UK sites and one thing the sysadm wants me to do is get
> stats on all the machines in the lab like (#of users, load average, etc)
> and then show that on the web so people can make the informed choice to
> log in... does anyone have a script that does this, I not sure how about
> to get sys info on a network...

Well, when you're dealing with 'all of the machine' and the like, it might
be best to stick with an already existing program, especially if they're
different types of systems.

The one that comes to mind right away is MRTG, which can graph just about
anything--

	http://ee-staff.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/mrtg.html

Although it's intended for network traffic, I know Mike Andrews decided to
start graphing disk usage, temperature, and whatever else he felt like.

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Joe Hourcle