monitor network path

[m4rv1n]

Hello,
i want to monitor i a network path is reachable, a folder exist and a file exist.
all the things depends by the upper level (file from folder, folder from path).

the path is a samba share and i don't want to static map it in my zabbix server and don't want to install zabbix agent (and can't).
the path is reachable from windows by //192.168.1.1/share and from unix by smb://192.168.1.1/share

the share folder contain other folder that change day by day (is named with date, example 20110204).

the system hosting zabbix server is a ubuntu server 10.04 and zabbix is 1.8.2 with normal setup.

thanks.

[wooks]

did you sort this

Hi,
did you find a way to test an smb path? I want to write a similar test.

[m4rv1n]

test smb

Hi,
in this case, i've maked a script that try to connect to the share and return me an exit code to use with trigger.
if you have mounted it, you can check /etc/mtab for a availibilty control to the system.
in case of failure, you can try to umount filesystem and re-check.

[wooks]

Figured it out

Hi
Thanks for the reply.
I figured out a way to do this. On the samba server I am using the built in command 'smbget' to get and download (locally) a hidden test file in the first SMS fileshare. It is dotted to hide it from the users (.smb-test).
If it gets the file it is exit 0 if fails exit 1.
Now I just send the value to a key and trigger using zabbix trapper. Simple.

[m4rv1n]

yes

this was my first way, but i've to get the .file from shared, this was a problem when i can't have this file or when it was acidentally deleted from user.
some user not look when do a rm -Rf * and i get alarm on console.
a mount + create + download + delete is the full test.

[dikolal]

could you describe the solution in detail

Hi
Could you describe this solution and list a text of script, that you wrote
Thanks