[hobbit] Question about dns test

[Terry Barnes]

>> mlowery at alliedtechgroup.com 4/15/05 5:41:41 PM >>>
>I've read the manpage, but I don't understand this test.  I thought I
>could use this to test if an A record exists for a certain host.
>
>For example: 
>Host=mail.domain.com
>
>in the bb-hosts:
>1.2.3.4  mail.domain.com # dns=A:mail.domain.com
>
>The test seems to be querying mail.domain.com com for the record, not
>querying the nameservers for the hobbit machine set in resolv.conf. 
Am
>I just wrong about what this test does?
>
>Thanks, 
>Michael

I have this setup and it works for me - not using an a record lookup
though - maybe it doesn't like the uppercase "A".

1.2.3.4 my.domain.com # dns=ns:domain.com,ns:domain.org,mx:domain.org

I get the nameservers for both the domain.com and domain.org and the mx
record for domain.org returned.

Hope this helps.

Terry Barnes
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