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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


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