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Date:      Fri, 12 Sep 1997 21:26:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        pcoyne@br-inc.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DNS request from unknown process.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970912212509.17774L-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <vines.WYZ7%2BtZN4oA@ftw9vnssvr.moinet.com>

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On Fri, 12 Sep 1997 pcoyne@br-inc.com wrote:

> I have a problem with a client machines asking my DNS server for an invalid 
> (the machine name doesn't exist in DNS, nor should it) fully qualified 
> hostname.  The request comes several times a second,  any pointers as to 
> what processes on the client machines I should check first?
> 
> I have grep'ed /etc for the culprit's config files but to no avail, is 
> there a way to monitor on the client what process is making the call?

netstat | grep domain

Should show you what's connected to your named daemon.  

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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