Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:10:30 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: David Banning <david+dated+1140628917.fbd5d8@skytracker.ca>, Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail port 8025 conundrum Message-ID: <20060217181030.GC13775@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <20060217172155.GA49851@skytracker.ca> References: <20060217160651.GA22179@skytracker.ca> <002601c633dd$1a7349f0$1215450a@ad.ewsad.net> <20060217162952.GA31165@skytracker.ca> <20060217163347.GB13036@flame.pc> <20060217163844.GD31165@skytracker.ca> <20060217164447.GD13036@flame.pc> <20060217165042.GA40072@skytracker.ca> <43F604DE.1010101@dial.pipex.com> <20060217172155.GA49851@skytracker.ca>
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On 2006-02-17 12:21, David Banning <david+dated+1140628917.fbd5d8@skytracker.ca> wrote: > > Er, I'm pretty sure it's /etc/host.conf (no "s"). > > > > But if your /etc/hosts doesn't contain the hostname you are after, that > > only leaves DNS, NIS and LDAP (I think) for the host.conf file to > > order. For DNS, what does "host whatever.your.hostname.was" show from > > the machine where you seem to be getting the wrong answer? > > Originally there was no banning.ca entry. > 127.0.0.1 points simply to localhost > > My actual server name is 3s1.com, which points to 209.161.205.12 > (my static IP) in /etc/hosts > > You are right about host.conf, but it is almost empty; That's a perfectly normal host.conf file though :) > root# cat /etc/host.conf > # $FreeBSD: src/etc/host.conf,v 1.6 1999/08/27 23:23:41 peter Exp $ > # First try the /etc/hosts file > hosts > # Now try the nameserver next. > bind > # If you have YP/NIS configured, uncomment the next line > # nis > root# So if you add something to /etc/hosts it will override DNS :)
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