[Xymon] Extraneous DNS queries from Xymon

[Robert Schetterer]

Am 06.01.2016 um 19:38 schrieb John Thurston:
> I have defined some hosts with fake host names:
>   0.0.0.0  foo.bar.foo  # noconn
> They are defined so that clients may send messages to the Xymon server
> and have their status displayed.
> 
> What I don't understand is why my Xymon server insists on performing
> name queries for foo.bar.foo. Even adding "testip" to the line doesn't
> eliminate all of the queries. The only way I can make them stop is by
> making bogus entries in my server's hosts file, of the form:
>   127.0.0.2  foo.bar.foo
> 
> There are no xymonnet tests defined for this host.
> The server is not running xymond_alert or xymongen.
> 
> What component is querying DNS, and why?

try add

https://www.xymon.com/help/manpages/man5/hosts.cfg.5.html

testip
and noconn



Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer

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