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list Leon Volfson · Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:01:36 +0300 ·
Hi,


I'm using version 4.3.0-beta2 on Ubuntu 8.04.1 server.


I've experienced some ISP networking problems this morning, which made Xymon mark all the connections red.

After a few minutes the network went back to normal, but the red "lights" stayed on.

It was only the conn test, all the other including telnets to port 80 were green.

I tried restarts and such - nothing helped. The only thing that did help was "apt-get dpkg-reconfigure".


The one thing that I did notice is that it always tried to ping an OpenDNS server, as this is the one I have in resolv.conf.


What I wanted to ask is if there are any ways to remove some cache or temp files instead of doing dpkg-reconfigure as it's a bit of an ugly solution,

although absolutely clean and fast - took me 5 seconds without loosing any data.


Thanks,


Lenny.


P.S. btw, I still have a problem with ms-sql and ftp ports always red, no matter what I do. Any advice on that?
list Buchan Milne · Tue, 4 Aug 2009 09:23:42 +0100 ·
quoted from Leon Volfson
On Monday, 3 August 2009 14:01:36 Leon Volfson wrote:
Hi,


I'm using version 4.3.0-beta2 on Ubuntu 8.04.1 server.


I've experienced some ISP networking problems this morning, which made
Xymon mark all the connections red.

After a few minutes the network went back to normal, but the red
"lights" stayed on.

It was only the conn test, all the other including telnets to port 80
were green.

I tried restarts and such - nothing helped. The only thing that did help
was "apt-get dpkg-reconfigure".


The one thing that I did notice is that it always tried to ping an
OpenDNS server, as this is the one I have in resolv.conf.
Don't use OpenDNS for name resolution on a monitoring system, as the false 
positive results will hurt you ...

Or, if you must, use the 'testip' option for every host in bb-hosts.
quoted from Leon Volfson
What I wanted to ask is if there are any ways to remove some cache or
temp files instead of doing dpkg-reconfigure as it's a bit of an ugly
solution,
Well, the things that could have made a difference here are:
-restarting hobbit
-invalidating any (non-hobbit) name resolution caches (e.g. nscd etc.).
quoted from Leon Volfson
although absolutely clean and fast - took me 5 seconds without loosing
any data.
Regards,
Buchan
list Leon Volfson · Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:35:35 +0300 ·
ok, thanks.


any ideas about the second issue?
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(I still have a problem with ms-sql and ftp ports always red, no matter 
what I do).


quoted from Buchan Milne
Buchan Milne wrote:
On Monday, 3 August 2009 14:01:36 Leon Volfson wrote:
  
Hi,


I'm using version 4.3.0-beta2 on Ubuntu 8.04.1 server.


I've experienced some ISP networking problems this morning, which made
Xymon mark all the connections red.

After a few minutes the network went back to normal, but the red
"lights" stayed on.

It was only the conn test, all the other including telnets to port 80
were green.

I tried restarts and such - nothing helped. The only thing that did help
was "apt-get dpkg-reconfigure".


The one thing that I did notice is that it always tried to ping an
OpenDNS server, as this is the one I have in resolv.conf.
    
Don't use OpenDNS for name resolution on a monitoring system, as the false 
positive results will hurt you ...

Or, if you must, use the 'testip' option for every host in bb-hosts.

  
What I wanted to ask is if there are any ways to remove some cache or
temp files instead of doing dpkg-reconfigure as it's a bit of an ugly
solution,
    
Well, the things that could have made a difference here are:
-restarting hobbit
-invalidating any (non-hobbit) name resolution caches (e.g. nscd etc.).

  
although absolutely clean and fast - took me 5 seconds without loosing
any data.
    
Regards,
Buchan