Dobrica Pavlinušić's random unstructured stuff

Sysadmin testing: Revision 2

I guess that I have read (and used) too much XP driven programming and testing, so I started devising tests after each sysadmin change also. So, here are some tips assorted by services:

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^ smtp

Test all `MX` records for domain `bobcatsss2008.org` by sending e-mail to `test@bobcatsss2008.org`

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host -t mx bobcatsss2008.org | awk '{ print $4 }' | xargs -i swaks -t test@bobcatsss2008.org -s {}
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^ dns

Dumps all zones from all name servers.

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host -t ns bobcatsss2008.org | awk '{ print $3 }' | xargs -i host -t soa -va bobcatsss2008.org {}
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