Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 23:21:30 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Doug Wilson" <want_2_learn_freebsd@hotmail.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Solution: Need snappy telnet service (revisited) Message-ID: <001e01c0d6bd$f49f0880$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <DAV61wXCPa8lMES1NQu00003fb5@hotmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hey Doug, I'm glad it works, but I have to break it to you: the reason it's working now is that you just disabled DNS lookups on the server by doing that. The "nameserver" keyword is what tells the FreeBSD server what the IP number of the DNS server is. You commented it out, and the "ns1.apc.net" is basically being ignored because it's not a keyword in the resolver routine. If you change your /etc/resolv.conf file to domain apc.net with nothing else in it then you will get the exact same behavior. (snappy telnetd) Now, it may be that it's not important to run DNS on this server. Certainly, if your not handling e-mail on it then you may be able to get away with this and just put well-known hosts in /etc/hosts. Even if you are running mail, if you forward all mail to another mailserver then you will be fine. To see what I mean, telnet into the server and issue the command "ping ftp.uu.net" and most likely you will get a host not found. Anyway, like I said earlier, disabling DNS is a way to fix it. In your case it may be the best solution. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Doug Wilson >Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 4:04 PM >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Solution: Need snappy telnet service (revisited) > > >Hey list. > >I found the solution, and Ted pointed me in the right direction. > >/etc/resolv.conf had the following in it: > >domain apc.net >nameserver 209.223.136.10 > >And that was it. Now, I just guessed that this is not correct (must be how >the sysinstall makes it), and since we have two dns servers on our >network I >made it the following: > >domain apc.net >#nameserver 209.223.136.10 >ns1.apc.net 209.223.136.10 >ns2.apc.net 209.223.136.11 > >Then I rebooted, and everything works now: service with a smile. Thanks. > >Doug. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Doug Wilson" <want_2_learn_freebsd@hotmail.com> >To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> >Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 1:56 PM >Subject: Need snappy telnet service (revisited) > > >> Hi list, >> >> I am now ready to work out my sssslllllooooowwwwwwww ftp, mail, telnet >> login. It takes about 90 seconds--very annoying. >> >> The 1st time I brought it up, the list suggested that this is caused by >> reverse dns. I would like to turn off this feature cuz it makes this >server >> useless. >> >> The server is in dns, but the machines that connect to it are not--nor >will >> they ever be--they are dhcp assigned ips. >> >> I need to turn off this reverse dns crap globally, but maybe I >have to set >> that manually for each service--I'm not sure. >> >> Thanks for any help in this matter. >> >> Doug. >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?001e01c0d6bd$f49f0880$1401a8c0>