#!/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)