From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 20 10:29:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA24388 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 10:29:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA24381 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 10:29:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA04827; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 10:29:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 10:29:49 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Harlan Stenn cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.5 resolver problem? In-Reply-To: <21370.880046401@seeker.compus.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Harlan Stenn wrote: > I'm having a problem with the resolver on a 2.2.5 box. > > Sendmail is refusing to deliver email to a machine (a-b.foo.com) on the > network, claiming the machine doesn't exist. Similarly, I can't ping the > machine, nor can I traceroute there. Well, doesn't that tell you something? > It works if I ping/traceroute to the IP number. > > Both nslookup and dig find the machine JUST FINE! The reverse lookup may be dying. Try running dig -x and see if you get the name back. Also make sure nslookup is telling you correct information, not just returning the additional records. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major