Ben Burke wrote:
Yes, I know about dig. But the problem I'm having appears to be failure of dns server to respond, or a communications problem with dns server(s)
I admittedly haven't delved deep into the dig man page, but a suggestion would be to add a suitable dig incantation to your cron job just before requiring DNS services, just to see what is happening in detail at the time. At least you'd have a log written to stdout that you can examine for anomalies when something awry happens with "that server". cheers rickw -- _________________________________ Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services Hofstadter's Law. "It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's law." -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
