[hobbit] DNS Test - No Record Lookup

[Rich Smrcina]

MFisher at hra.com wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have configured one of my DNS servers to run the dns test native to 
> xymon. I have the directive "dns" specified in the bb-hosts file and 
> the test shows up as a column however the test does NOT perform a 
> lookup of the servers dns A record as it should. All i get is the 
> "Service DNS on SERVER.DOMAIN.COM is OK (up) and then a graph 
> immediately below.
>
> I have also tired using the dns=a:server.domain.com with no luck either.
>
> I have posted a screen shot on PhotoBucket - 
> http://i761.photobucket.com/albums/xx256/mfisher_xymon/dns.jpg
>
> Does anybody have any insight as to why the dns lookups are not being 
> ran?
>
I don't have a Xymon system handy to check, does the doc say it does a 
lookup of the A record?

A check of the list archive uncovers this (which I remembered because I 
was part of the thread :) ):

http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2006/06/msg00112.html

-- 
Rich Smrcina