def METHOD_NAME():
    '''
    This checks to see if nptd is running or not, if so it returns a tuple
    (status,pid,command) where status is either on or off.
    '''
    ps_list = (Popen('ps axo pid,comm', shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
               .communicate()[0].splitlines())
    for item in ps_list:
        fields = item.split()
        if fields[1] == 'ntpd':
            logging.debug('Found %s with PID %s'
                          % (fields[1], fields[0]))
            break
    if fields[1] == 'ntpd':
        return ('on', fields[0], fields[1])
    else:
        return ('off', '0', '0')