From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 22 23:17:18 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB23916A417 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:17:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@ayn.mi.celestial.com) Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com (hayek.celestial.com [192.136.111.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB2A913C4AC for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:17:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@ayn.mi.celestial.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F583680036C2; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:45:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mi.celestial.com Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ayn.mi.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id SRxCC630hgsk; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:45:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id 140E468002901; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:45:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:45:24 -0700 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071022224524.GA4580@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <87AE890B-5F57-4F8B-B660-417455F9C453@secure-computing.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87AE890B-5F57-4F8B-B660-417455F9C453@secure-computing.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 OpenPKG/2.5 Subject: Re: reverse DNS resolution... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:17:18 -0000 On Mon, Oct 22, 2007, Eric F Crist wrote: >Hey folks, > >We're trying to get reverse DNS resolution for a block of IPs >(private). We've had the 10.x network working great at the office >for quite some time now, but I'm having a problem getting the >172.30.x network to work. > >Typing 'host ' returns a valid result, however output from who, >as well as other network services (IRC, apache) only see the IP. Is >there something I'm missing? You will have to set up local DNS configuration for private addresses, including the appropriate in-addr.arpa. PTR records. The exact file format depends on what DNS software you're using, bind, djbdns, etc. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 Manual, n.: A unit of documentation. There are always three or more on a given item. One is on the shelf; someone has the others. The information you need is in the others. -- Ray Simard