[Nagiosplug-devel] Working on testcases

[Subhendu Ghosh]

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Benoit Mortier wrote:

> Le Lundi 14 Novembre 2005 17:52, Ethan Galstad a écrit :
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>> Name and address resolution problems aren't internal to the plugin.
>> The plugin was still able to attempt the resolution/connection/check,
>> but the system came back with an error.  Those types of problems and
>> would probably be better suited for a CRITICAL state.  Its just my
>> opinion, but I would shy away from using the UNKNOWN state too much.
>>
>> I would consider rewording the guidelines as follows:
>>
>> "UNKNOWN is for invalid command args, or low-level failures internal
>> to the plugin that prevent it from performing the specified
>> operation.  Higher-level errors such as name resolution errors,
>> socket timeouts, etc. are outside the control of plugins and should
>> generally NOT be reported as UNKNOWN states."
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> I second this, it seems the better rules till now...
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>

Second this as well.

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-sg