check_dns

Posted by tonvoon on 3 July 2008 - 12:46am
check_dns v1992 (nagios-plugins 1.4.12)
Copyright (c) 1999 Ethan Galstad <nagios@nagios.org>
Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Nagios Plugin Development Team
	<nagiosplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>

This plugin uses the nslookup program to obtain the IP address for the given host/domain query.
An optional DNS server to use may be specified.
If no DNS server is specified, the default server(s) specified in /etc/resolv.conf will be used.


Usage:check_dns -H host [-s server] [-a expected-address] [-A] [-t timeout] [-w warn] [-c crit]

Options:
 -h, --help
    Print detailed help screen
 -V, --version
    Print version information
 -H, --hostname=HOST
    The name or address you want to query
 -s, --server=HOST
    Optional DNS server you want to use for the lookup
 -a, --expected-address=IP-ADDRESS|HOST
    Optional IP-ADDRESS you expect the DNS server to return. HOST must end with
    a dot (.). This option can be repeated multiple times (Returns OK if any
    value match). If multiple addresses are returned at once, you have to match
    the whole string of addresses separated with commas (sorted alphabetically).
 -A, --expect-authority
    Optionally expect the DNS server to be authoritative for the lookup
 -w, --warning=seconds
    Return warning if elapsed time exceeds value. Default off
 -c, --critical=seconds
    Return critical if elapsed time exceeds value. Default off
 -t, --timeout=INTEGER
    Seconds before connection times out (default: 10)

Send email to nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net if you have questions
regarding use of this software. To submit patches or suggest improvements,
send email to nagiosplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net