Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:53:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Gary Landers <gary@tein.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: HELP make-localhost address Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980701235134.18536K-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <359556F9.CF7251D1@tein.net>
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On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Gary Landers wrote: > Where does make local host get the ip address it puts in the > localhost.rev It uses the name of the machine, not the IP. > I have two servers DNS1 and DNS2, DNS1 is running fine with no problems > I am configuring DNS2 to take the place of DNS1 as my primary server. My > plan is to get both running as Primary before changing DNS1 into a > secondary. When I run make-localhost script on DNS2 it uses the IP > address for DNS1. If I put the right ip in localhost.rev then named says > "unable to locate hostname for XXX.XXX.XXX.2" the hostname command > returns the correct name, the ip address is correct (I can telnet > remotly) Does the machine's name resolve okay? If not check /etc/resolv.conf. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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