Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 09:42:18 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: named vs hosts (and qpopper) Message-ID: <199807252142.JAA25267@cyclops.xtra.co.nz>
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I'm running a mini-DNS system here on my subnet at home. I'm trying to sort out the DNS issues associated with the qpopper message 'unable to get canonical name of client'. 1 - My /etc/host.conf file contains 'bind' before 'host'. I think this point explains the qpopper message does not appear if the client information is contained in /etc/hosts. If I remove the entry from /etc/host, the message returns. Is my thinking correct here? 2 - My theory is that if my DNS is set correctly, qpopper should be able to get the information it needs without resorting to the /etc/hosts file. Am I correct? 3 - Any suggestion as to what to try next? -- Dan Langille DVL Software Limited http://www.dvl-software.com/freebsd : my [mis]adventures To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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