SURVIVOR: named Check Module
About named
basics
Module Type Scheduler Remote
check Yes No
syntax 
     module named {
       name <string>
       [type <string>]
       [port <number>]
     }

Dependencies

Arguments

Name Type Value
name string Domain name or dotted-decimal IPv4 address to be looked up.
type optional string, default is 'A' DNS record type to search for.
port optional number between 1 and 65535, default is 53 Port number on which DNS server is listening.

Description

The named module uses the Net::DNS Perl module to see if the host being checked is responding to name service requests. The module will perform recursive (non-authoritative) lookups.

Examples

  1. To retrieve the A record for www.site.org: 
         module named {
       name www.site.org
     }
  2. To retrieve the MX record for www.site.org via a server running on port 530: 
         module named {
       name www.site.org
       type MX
       port 53
     }
$Date: 2006/11/19 20:57:11 $
$Revision: 0.11 $
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