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Old 11-16-2008
Well it is not a bad idea. I have worked for one place that did that. It wasn't my idea but I did not object. The reason it is done is to put critical files like nsswitch.conf, hosts, and so on under RCS control. Previous versions are then available to see how stuff changed over the years. And recent changes will be checked in by the person who made the change. That way you can ask why a change was made.
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check_backuppc

check_backuppc(8)					      System Manager's Manual						 check_backuppc(8)

NAME

       check_backuppc - A Nagios plugin to monitor BackupPC

SYNOPSIS

       check_backuppc [options]

DESCRIPTION

       check_backuppc  is  a  nagios  plugin  that  reports  on the status of BackupPC.  By default, it monitors both archive and backup hosts for
       errors.

OPTIONS

       -a, --archive-only
	      Only check the status of archive hosts.

       -b, --backup-only
	      Only check the status of non-archive hosts.

       -s, --status-only
	      Only check the status of the backups, omit connection failures that are less than $Conf{FullPeriod} old.

       -H, --hostname hostname
	      Only check the specified host.  Uses hostnames that BackupPC is configured to use, can be specified multiple times.

       -x, --exclude hostname
	      Do not check the specified host.	Uses hostnames that BackupPC is configured to use, can be specified multiple times.

       -w, --warning age
	      The days old at which a failure is considered a warning, default 1.

       -c, --critical age
	      The days old at which a failure is considered critical, default 8.

       -r, --reduce count
	      The maximum number of failed hosts for which to reduce reported severity, default 0.

       -h, --help
	      Show summary of options.

NOTES

       This plugin must be run on the same host and as the same user as BackupPC.  An archive host only takes on a reported type of archive  after
       its first archive run.

EXAMPLES

       /usr/local/lib/nagios/plugins/check_backuppc -r1 -w3 -c8 -b -x otter
	      Check  the  status  of  all backup hosts except "otter".	Warn if a failed backup is older than three days old, return critical if a
	      failure is older than eight days old unless there is only a single failure.  In that case, warn if the single failed backup is older
	      than eight days.

AUTHOR

       Seneca Cunningham <tetragon@users.sourceforge.net>

SEE ALSO

       sudo(8).  backuppc(8).

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