Vary check_dns checks?

[Dan Stromberg]

Oops.  Here's the attachment.  :)

On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 12:52, Dan Stromberg wrote:
> I've attached my "random" program.
> 
> So if you're checking a single host with "check_dns hostname.com", you
> could use instead "check_dns `random < list.of.hosts | head -1`".
> 
> The random program uses a python seed.py module I wrote, for getting
> halfway decent seeds.  I think you'll probably be able to see how to
> tell the random program where to find the seed.py module.  It's a short
> program in a highly readable language.
> 
> On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 12:39, Jonathan Nichols wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 	Is there a way to have the check_dns plugin randomly pick names to 
> > check from a file? Currently I have it set to check DNS for beer.com 
> > (heh) and it's working great, but I'd like to see if there's a way to 
> > have it check other stuff at random so the output isn't always the same.
> > 
> > 	Any ideas? :D
> > 
> > -Jonathan
> > 
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Dan Stromberg DCS/NACS/UCI <strombrg at dcs.nac.uci.edu>

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