Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 22:42:49 -0500 (CDT) From: Bryan Bradsby <Bryan.Bradsby@capnet.state.tx.us> To: David Daugherty <doc@wcug.wwu.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail woes Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004102234450.451-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000410110433.12524A-100000@sloth>
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On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, David Daugherty wrote:
> In my log files I keep getting gethostbyaddr(192.168.1.1) errors. This box
> is a natd/router/firewall box which of course has 2 NICS (1 to cable
> modem, 1 to internal network). In my hosts file I have:
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.mydomain.net localhost
> 24.12.xxx.xxx roosevelt.mydomain.net roosevelt
> 24.12.xxx.xxx roosevelt.mydomain.net
>
> 192.168.1.88 reagan
> 192.168.1.28 lincoln
> 192.168.1.45 truman
>
> Do I need to have a definition for 192.168.1.1 in hosts?
> ie: 192.168.1.1 roosevelt.mydomain.net roosevelt
> 192.168.1.1 roosevelt.mydomain.net
Never been in that exact situation. What you suggest above won't hurt.
If you are running a recent sendmail 8.9.x then look at the sendmail.cf
file, specifically this entry comes to mind:
# shall we get local names from our installed interfaces?
#O DontProbeInterfaces=False
Change to True, uncomment, HUP sendmail, and watch your logs.
> David
> Software Eng. - NetManage
seen any green chameleons lately?
-bryan
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