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Date:      Thu, 1 May 1997 17:11:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Cc:        Robert Shady <rls@mail.id.net>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.UW2.3.95.970501170629.24039S-100000@cedb>
In-Reply-To: <199705012231.PAA07346@phaeton.artisoft.com>

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On Thu, 1 May 1997, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Here's an 'nslookup' on your stuff:
> 
> | > set q=any
> | > 11.2.125.199.in-addr.arpa.
> | Server:  ns.lambert.org
> | Address:  198.17.250.50
> | 
> | 11.2.125.199.in-addr.arpa       name = webserver.id.net
> | 2.125.199.in-addr.arpa  nameserver = ns1.id.net
> | 2.125.199.in-addr.arpa  nameserver = ns2.id.net
> | ns1.id.net      internet address = 199.125.1.1
> | ns2.id.net      internet address = 199.125.1.2
> 
> Offhand, I'd say that this was entirely too much stuff to be returned
> for an RARP entry.  I'd expect something like a single line of:

Stick to file systems Terry, or was this supposed to be tongue in
cheek?

If not, you set query to any so it gave you that, set it to ptr
if all you want is the name.

> Probably the lack of a "cannonical name" (CNAME) record is why it's
> failing to find the cannonical name.  You probably have the numeric
> value listed multiple times instead of using alias (A) records, if
> I had to guess.

I don't see any smileys here !?!?

Dan
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