check_ntp

#!/usr/bin/python
import sys, os, pwd
import getopt
import commands
import subprocess

STATE_OK=0
STATE_WARNING=1

check_munge=subprocess.Popen("service ntpd status", shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
munge_status=check_munge.communicate()[0]

if "run" in munge_status:
   print "NTPD service is Running"
   sys.exit(STATE_OK)
else:
   print "NTPD service  is NOT Running !!"   
   sys.exit(STATE_WARNING)

sys.exit(STATE_OK)