[Nagiosplug-devel] Working on testcases
Subhendu Ghosh
sghosh at sghosh.org
Mon Nov 14 09:42:30 CET 2005
On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Benoit Mortier wrote:
> Le Lundi 14 Novembre 2005 17:52, Ethan Galstad a écrit :
>
> [..]
>
>> 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...
>
>
Second this as well.
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-sg
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