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color=#0000ff size=2>Most DNS resolvers cache entries themselves. The
underlying operating system usually provides this service for all network users
(meaning applications). When you run "nslookup" you are bypassing the
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Jeffrey Chandler
[mailto:jeffrey.chandler@gmail.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 01, 2007
4:08 PM<BR><B>To:</B> hobbit@hswn.dk<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [hobbit] Changed
IP address<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Thanks. using the testip option worked. However, I am
curious where within hobbit it is pulling the DNS information from. Each
of the DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf resolves the IP properly and they are
authoritative for the domain. Is there a cache which Hobbit uses first?
<BR><BR>Jeff<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 3/1/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Rich
Smrcina</B> <<A href="mailto:rsmrcina@wi.rr.com">rsmrcina@wi.rr.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Until
DNS gets updated/propagated you can add 'testip' to the tests for<BR>that
host.<BR><BR>Jeffrey Chandler wrote:<BR>> Hello,<BR>><BR>> I have
changed an IP address on one of my servers which hobbit<BR>>
monitors. I have updated the bb-hosts file to reflect the new
IP<BR>> address of that host, but my hobbit server still pings the old IP
address.<BR>><BR>> If I use the bbtest-net --debug command and grep
for the hostname, it <BR>> says the following:<BR>><BR>> 2007-03-01
16:45:55 Got DNS result for host <A
href="http://server1.example.com">server1.example.com</A><BR>> <<A
href="http://server1.example.com">http://server1.example.com </A>> : <A
href="http://192.168.1.100">192.168.1.100</A> <<A
href="http://192.168.1.100">http://192.168.1.100</A>><BR>><BR>>
This is no longer the IP address for this host, and is not reflected<BR>>
that way in any of the DNS servers which the hobbit network server is
<BR>> using. Is there another configuration file that I need
to modify as well?<BR>><BR>> My Hobbit server is running on RedHat
Enterprise Linux 3.0.<BR>><BR>> Thanks,<BR>><BR>>
Jeff<BR>><BR><BR>-- <BR>Rich Smrcina<BR>VM Assist, Inc.<BR>Phone:
414-491-6001<BR>Ans Service: 360-715-2467<BR>rich.smrcina at <A
href="http://vmassist.com">vmassist.com</A><BR><BR>Catch the
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