On 9/18/06, Ralph Angenendt <ra+centos at br-online.de> wrote: > bruce wrote: > > looking for how to check processes from the process table of a remote > > machine. i want to be able to automate the process. i'd prefer to be able to > > have a cron process to periodically check the status.. > > > > any thoughts/comment/ideas would be helpful... > > I think "nagios" is the answer. See > <http://wiki.centos.org/Nagios_on_CentOS_4.x>. Or, for a lighter option, check mosshe (http://www.wyae.de/software/mosshe) -- Eduardo Grosclaude Universidad Nacional del Comahue Neuquen, Argentina