bbtest-net man page

[Asif Iqbal]

bbtest-net man page says

       --dns=[ip|only|standard]
              Determines how bbtest-net finds the IP adresses of the
hosts to test.  By default  (the  "standard"),  bbtest-net
              does  a  DNS lookup of the hostname to determine the IP
address, unless the host has the "testip" tag, or the DNS
              lookup fails.
              With "--dns=only" bbtest-net will ONLY do the DNS
lookup; it it fails, then all services on  that  host  will  be
              reported as being down.
              With  "--dns=ip"  bbtest-net will never do a DNS lookup;
it will use the IP adresse specified in bb-hosts for the
              tests. Thus, this setting is equivalent to having the
"testip" tag on all hosts. Note that http tests will ignore
              this  setting and still perform a DNS lookup for the
hostname given in the URL; see the "bbtest-net tags for HTTP
              tests" section in bb-hosts(5)

I think this should be updated like below. added a "Note:.."

       --dns=[ip|only|standard]
              Determines how bbtest-net finds the IP adresses of the
hosts to test.  By default  (the  "standard"),  bbtest-net
              does  a  DNS lookup of the hostname to determine the IP
address, unless the host has the "testip" tag, or the DNS
              lookup fails.
              With "--dns=only" bbtest-net will ONLY do the DNS
lookup; it it fails, then all services on  that  host  will  be
              reported as being down.
              With  "--dns=ip"  bbtest-net will never do a DNS lookup;
it will use the IP adresse specified in bb-hosts for the
              tests. Thus, this setting is equivalent to having the
"testip" tag on all hosts. Note that http tests will ignore
              this  setting and still perform a DNS lookup for the
hostname given in the URL; see the "bbtest-net tags for HTTP
              tests" section in bb-hosts(5)
              Note: for dns standard, If DNS lookup fails, hobbit
picks the IP from the bb-hosts file for all network tests like ping
and etc.

In hobbit server even though dig @192.168.1.1 host.example.net gives
no answer where 192.168.1.1 is the resolver. But ping test
still shows success. There is no entry for host.example.net in hobbit
server's /etc/hosts either.



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