How do folks check DNS for MS AD Domains (SVR records ??) ?

[Joe Rhett]

check_dig -h

On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 04:31:00PM +1100, Stanley Hopcroft wrote:
> Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
> 
> Your comments on checking that a DNS is able to resolve the names used 
> by AD logon are very welcome.
> 
> Being very ignorant, it seems to me that what is required is to be able 
> resolve the SVR resource records that MS domain controllers register in 
> a Dynamic DNS.
> 
> These records include some of these SVR records at least :-
> 
> . _ldap._tcp.<DNSDomainName>
> 
> . _ldap._tcp.pdc._ms-dcs.<DNSDomainName>
> 
> Of course, this may well be a _dumb_ idea since most name resolution 
> tools do not seem to handle SVR records.
> 
> (OTOH, the CPAN module Net::DNS may be able to resolve SVR records).
> 
> To sum up, the list and certainly I will be very grateful for being 
> informed on how folks use Nagios to check MS AD name resolution and if 
> in fact it is possible to use check_dns for this purpose.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Yours sincerely.
> 
> 
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