On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Paul Heinlein <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Jul 2011, wes wrote: > > > Does anyone know of a tool that can monitor DNS replies and notify on > > success/failure? > > > > Basically, I want to find out the moment a DNS server (that I do not > > control) has updated. > > Assuming the DNS server in question has an IPv4 address of 12.13.14.15 > and the updated address of the host in question is 100.101.102.103, > then > > #!/bin/sh > DNSSRV=12.13.14.15 > GOODIP=100.101.102.103 > YOURHOST=your.hostname.com > MSG="Your DNS Record is Up to Date" > while true; do > if test $(dig +short @$DNSSRV $YOURHOST) = $GOODIP; then > echo "$MSG" | /bin/mail -s "$MSG" [email protected] > break > fi > sleep 120 > done > > -- > Paul "I love the smell of /bin/sh in the morning" Heinlein > > thanks for doing all my work for me :) -wes _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
