plug timeout w/o Bind

[David Schlecht]

Hi All,



I'm running Nagios v2.2 on a suse linux without Bind.

When my first nameserver in resolv.conf fails, the

Nagios checks start timing out. I get a mix of timeout

errors and "no response" errors.



This isn't really a big surprise since relying on

resolv.conf is very slow when the DNS servers start

dropping off. Of course, the name resolution works

eventually but by then my 10-second timeout settings

have given up.



Has anyone using resolv.conf encountered and/or resolved

this? Is Bind a requirement because of this?



My decision to not go with Bind is because of the additional

checking I get when Nagios does name resolution with each

check. This approach has alerted us to numerous problems

before getting that dreaded call from the customer.



Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.







- David Schlecht (dschl)



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