[Nagiosplug-devel] Working on testcases

[Benoit Mortier]

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."

I second this, it seems the better rules till now...

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