Bug in check_dns

[Voon, Ton]

Dale,

Which version of check_dns are you running? Which OS?

Can you run it with -v flag for extra debug info.

There were some bug fixes made to release 1.3.0 which are in the 1.3.1
release and in CVS HEAD.

Ton

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dale Clapperton (lists) [mailto:lists at blackbird.net.au] 
> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 4:07 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Bug in check_dns
> 
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I believe I've found a bug in the check_dns tool, in that if 
> you make a
> query which is refused by the DNS server, check_dns returns OK.
> 
> Example dig, showing the query is refused:
> 
> su-2.05b$ dig www.intel.com @[server]
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> www.intel.com @[server] 
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: REFUSED, id: 4
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      www.intel.com, type = A, class = IN
> 
> ;; Total query time: 19 msec
> ;; FROM: [nagios host] to SERVER: [server]
> ;; WHEN: Fri Aug  1 13:00:22 2003
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 31  rcvd: 31
> 
> But when you run the same query on the same server with check_dns:
> 
> su-2.05b$ ./check_dns -H www.intel.com -s [server]
> DNS ok - 0 seconds response time, Address(es) is/are (null)
> 
> 
> Dale
> -- 
> Dale Clapperton (lists) <lists at blackbird.net.au>
> 
> 
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