Q&D script for monitoring if named is running locally.

named_check.sh

#!/bin/bash
contact=name@domain.tld
host=`ifconfig eth0|grep inet\ addr|cut -d: -f2|awk {'print $1'}`
check=`dig +short @$host localhost|awk {'print $1'}`
if [ $check != 127.0.0.1 ]
then
       # Uncomment the next line for testing.
       #echo "He's dead, Jim."
       service named restart
       grep named /var/log/messages|tail -300 |mail -s "Named failed on `hostname`" $contact
else
       exit 0
fi