Check_dns problem "output parsing exited with no address"

[Mark]

Oops, I forgot... I was running nagios 1.1 and plugins 1.3.1
Just upgraded Nagios to 1.2 5 minutes ago, not sure if there is any chance
this might fix it - probably not....

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net 
> [mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Mark
> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 11:19 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Check_dns problem "output parsing 
> exited with no address"
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I get this error really frequently - a few times an hour mostly... 
> SERVICE ALERT: dns_66_2;DNS;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;DNS CRITICAL -
> '/usr/bin/nslookup -sil' output parsing exited with no address
> 
> If I try to test the server manually I have no problems. The 
> problem comes
> and goes, sometimes it gets the error, a few minutes later 
> it's ok again. I
> don't think that it is really the DNS server's problem or the 
> network... I
> have a second IP address for the same server, that one never has this
> problem...
> 
> I saw a mailing about this problem before, but nobody had 
> replied with an
> answer how to fix it or an idea what it might be...
> 
> This is my configuration:
> 
> 
> define host{
>         use                     generic-host            ; Name of host
> template to use
>         host_name               dns_66_2
>         alias                   dns_66_2
>         address                 66.116.69.80
>         check_command           check-host-alive
>         max_check_attempts      20
>         notification_interval   60
>         notification_period     24x7
>         notification_options    d,u,r
> }
> 
> define service{
>         use                             generic-service       
>   ; Name of
> service template to use
>         hostgroup_name                  name_servers
>         service_description             DNS
>         is_volatile                     0
>         check_period                    24x7
>         max_check_attempts              3
>         normal_check_interval           5
>         retry_check_interval            1
>         contact_groups                  freightgate-admins
>         notification_interval           120
>         notification_period             24x7
>         notification_options            w,u,c,r
>         check_command                   check_dns
> }
> 
> define command{
>         command_name    check_dns
>         command_line    $USER1$/check_dns -H www.yahoo.com -s 
> $HOSTADDRESS$
> }
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> MARK
> 
> 
> 
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