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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter�6.�FAQ</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="docbook.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.58.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="ZoneCheck II"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="ZoneCheck II"><link rel="previous" href="ch05s02.html" title="Output"><link rel="next" href="ch07.html" title="Chapter�7.�Writing tests"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title"><a name="id2546903"></a>Chapter�6.�FAQ</h2></div></div><div class="qandaset"><dl><dt>6.1. <a href="ch06.html#id2546921">Where can I find documentation about ruby?</a></dt><dt>6.2. <a href="ch06.html#id2546944">I don't have IPv6 connectivity but ZoneCheck is still
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using IPv6 addresses.</a></dt><dt>6.3. <a href="ch06.html#id2560003">I want to use an interface other than the CLI.</a></dt><dt>6.4. <a href="ch06.html#id2560051">The -d lvl
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option doesn't display earlier debugging messages</a></dt><dt>6.5. <a href="ch06.html#id2561110">I would like to easily test ZoneCheck without doing a full
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installation.</a></dt><dt>6.6. <a href="ch06.html#id2561131">Why do I get rubish or wrong results when doing the
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icmp test</a></dt><dt>6.7. <a href="ch06.html#id2561176">Why did I get strange characters when using a locale
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other than US/English?</a></dt><dt>6.8. <a href="ch06.html#id2561192">ZoneCheck complains about the lack of TCP connectivity
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for a djbdns/tinydns name server.</a></dt><dt>6.9. <a href="ch06.html#id2561212">ZoneCheck crash when reading configuration files or
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the message catalog</a></dt></dl><table border="0" summary="Q and A Set"><col align="left" width="1%"><tbody><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id2546921"></a><a name="id2546923"></a><b>6.1. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Where can I find documentation about ruby?</p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Try the offical Ruby website: <a href="http://www.ruby-lang.org/" target="_top">http://www.ruby-lang.org/</a></p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id2546944"></a><a name="id2546946"></a><b>6.2. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>I don't have IPv6 connectivity but ZoneCheck is still
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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter�6.�FAQ</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="docbook.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.58.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="ZoneCheck II"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="ZoneCheck II"><link rel="previous" href="ch05s02.html" title="Output"><link rel="next" href="ch07.html" title="Chapter�7.�Writing tests"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title"><a name="id2546898"></a>Chapter�6.�FAQ</h2></div></div><div class="qandaset"><dl><dt>6.1. <a href="ch06.html#id2546916">Where can I find documentation about ruby?</a></dt><dt>6.2. <a href="ch06.html#id2546938">I don't have IPv6 connectivity but ZoneCheck is still
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using IPv6 addresses.</a></dt><dt>6.3. <a href="ch06.html#id2546958">I want to use an interface other than the CLI.</a></dt><dt>6.4. <a href="ch06.html#id2560045">The -d lvl
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option doesn't display earlier debugging messages</a></dt><dt>6.5. <a href="ch06.html#id2561105">I would like to easily test ZoneCheck without doing a full
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installation.</a></dt><dt>6.6. <a href="ch06.html#id2561126">Why do I get rubish or wrong results when doing the
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icmp test</a></dt><dt>6.7. <a href="ch06.html#id2561171">Why did I get strange characters when using a locale
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other than US/English?</a></dt><dt>6.8. <a href="ch06.html#id2561187">ZoneCheck complains about the lack of TCP connectivity
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for a djbdns/tinydns name server.</a></dt><dt>6.9. <a href="ch06.html#id2561207">ZoneCheck crash when reading configuration files or
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the message catalog</a></dt></dl><table border="0" summary="Q and A Set"><col align="left" width="1%"><tbody><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id2546916"></a><a name="id2546918"></a><b>6.1. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Where can I find documentation about ruby?</p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Try the offical Ruby website: <a href="http://www.ruby-lang.org/" target="_top">http://www.ruby-lang.org/</a></p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id2546938"></a><a name="id2546940"></a><b>6.2. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>I don't have IPv6 connectivity but ZoneCheck is still
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using IPv6 addresses.</p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>ZoneCheck only look for an enabled IPv6 stack to
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authorize the use of IPv6 addresses. It would be a good idea
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to disable the IPv6 stack on your computer if you don't have
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the connectivity or you can use the <tt>-4</tt>
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option to force IPv4 only connectivity.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id2560003"></a><a name="id2560005"></a><b>6.3. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>I want to use an interface other than the CLI.</p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Use the environment variable <tt>ZC_INPUT</tt>
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option to force IPv4 only connectivity.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id2546958"></a><a name="id2560000"></a><b>6.3. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>I want to use an interface other than the CLI.</p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Use the environment variable <tt>ZC_INPUT</tt>
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<tt>--INPUT=<i><tt>im</tt></i></tt>.
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The input modes currently supported are <tt>CLI</tt>,
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<tt>CGI</tt>, <tt>inetd</tt>
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and <tt>GTK</tt></p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id2560045"></a><a name="id2560048"></a><b>6.4. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>The <tt>-d <i><tt>lvl</tt></i></tt>
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option doesn't display earlier debugging messages</p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Some debugging messages are sent before the debugging
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level is initialised by the command line, in this case use the
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environment variable <tt>ZC_DEBUG</tt> set to the
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desired level. But keep in mind that <tt>ZC_DEBUG</tt>
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<tt>-d <i><tt>lvl</tt></i></tt> option.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id2561110"></a><a name="id2561112"></a><b>6.5. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>I would like to easily test ZoneCheck without doing a full
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<tt>-d <i><tt>lvl</tt></i></tt> option.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id2561105"></a><a name="id2561107"></a><b>6.5. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>I would like to easily test ZoneCheck without doing a full
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installation.</p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>You can define the environment variable
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directory.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id2561131"></a><a name="id2561133"></a><b>6.6. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Why do I get rubish or wrong results when doing the
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directory.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id2561126"></a><a name="id2561128"></a><b>6.6. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Why do I get rubish or wrong results when doing the
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<tt>icmp</tt> test</p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>ZoneCheck use the command ping to
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<tt>ping4</tt> and <tt>ping6</tt> in
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is correctly invoked: stop after 5 echo requests, doesn't
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output messages, and return an exit code of 0 in case of success.
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</p><p>If you are using ZoneCheck on the Window plateform, you better
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remove the test.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id2561176"></a><a name="id2561178"></a><b>6.7. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Why did I get strange characters when using a locale
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remove the test.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id2561171"></a><a name="id2561173"></a><b>6.7. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Why did I get strange characters when using a locale
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other than US/English?</p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>The default encoding is UTF-8, either you can
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as separator (ex: LANG=fr.latin1); in the last case
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the ruby-iconv package should have been installed.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id2561192"></a><a name="id2561194"></a><b>6.8. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>ZoneCheck complains about the lack of TCP connectivity
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the ruby-iconv package should have been installed.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id2561187"></a><a name="id2561189"></a><b>6.8. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>ZoneCheck complains about the lack of TCP connectivity
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for a djbdns/tinydns name server.</p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Unfortunately, by default, djbdns/tinydns does not
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listen on TCP. See <a href="http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/tcp.html" target="_top">http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/tcp.html</a> to enable it.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id2561212"></a><a name="id2561214"></a><b>6.9. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>ZoneCheck crash when reading configuration files or
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listen on TCP. See <a href="http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/tcp.html" target="_top">http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/tcp.html</a> to enable it.</p></td></tr><tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id2561207"></a><a name="id2561209"></a><b>6.9. </b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>ZoneCheck crash when reading configuration files or
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the message catalog</p></td></tr><tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"><b></b></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>REXML is used to parse the XML files, but it only
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