[Xymon] Extraneous DNS queries from Xymon

[J.C. Cleaver]

Hmm. "noconn" + "testip" should actually be all that's needed here,
assuming there are no other references to those (in URLs, for example).
I've used a lot of pseudo-DNS entries in configs before for the same
effect.

Can you run a copy of xymonnet in --debug mode and see if you see the
lookup there? If nothing, then an strace should reveal around when we're
doing it.

Have you noticed any patterns in *which* hosts you're seeing the lookup
for that you're not expecting it at? Or is it all of them?


-jc



On Wed, January 6, 2016 11:04 am, John Thurston wrote:
> On 1/6/2016 9:54 AM, Robert Schetterer wrote:
>> 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
>>> - snip - Even adding "testip" to the line doesn't
>>> eliminate all of the queries.
>
>> try add
>> https://www.xymon.com/help/manpages/man5/hosts.cfg.5.html
>> testip
>> and noconn
>
> As stated in my original message, 'noconn' is already specified for the
> host. Adding 'testip' reduces the number of queries but does not
> eliminate them.
>
> I forgot to mention: xymon version 4.3.17 running on CentOS
>
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