From owner-freebsd-net Fri Aug 25 19:42: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net (scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.121.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD5A37B43F for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 19:42:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mickey (sdn-ar-002txhousP226.dialsprint.net [168.191.154.242]) by scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with SMTP id TAA14319; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 19:41:58 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: From: "Jason Holland" To: "Roberto Nunnari, AGIE" , Subject: RE: Non-recoverable failure in name resolution Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 21:41:28 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3612.1700 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org thanks for everyones help. it turns out my /etc/host.conf file was in an incorrect format. a word of advice, take off you "linux cap" BEFORE you put on your "bsd cap" :) thanks again for the quick response jason > > Reverse lookup works fine > > > > > Hi Jason. > > > > try this: > > # nslookup 147.174.59.5 > > > > if that doesn't work it means that named is not set up > > correctly for reverse address resolution. In fact, many > > network servers do reverse address lookup. > > > > Cheers. > > -- > > Roberto Nunnari -software engineer- > > mailto:roberto.nunnari@agie.ch > > AGIE - http://www.agie.com > > Via dei pioppi 16 tel: +41-91-8069138 > > 6616 Losone """ > > Switzerland (o o) > > =======================oOO==(_)==OOo======================== > > MY OPNIONS ARE NOT NECESSARELY THOSE OF MY EMPLOYER > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message