From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Apr 3 6:59:42 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9A1837B71D for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2001 06:59:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rasputin@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] ident=root) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 14kRLO-000PQ7-00 for stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:59:38 +0100 Received: (from rasputin@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f33Dxcj11544 for stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:59:38 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rasputin) Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:59:38 +0100 From: Rasputin To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange localhost NS look attempts Message-ID: <20010403145937.A11424@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Reply-To: Rasputin References: <200104031338.JAA16296@world.std.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200104031338.JAA16296@world.std.com>; from kwc@world.std.com on Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 09:38:20AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Kenneth W Cochran [010403 14:40]: > Hello -stable: > > Can someone tell me why I keep getting log-messages like this? > It sometimes seems to "break" Netscape (waiting trying to > resolve localhost). Put an entry for localhost in /etc/hosts; also if your domain is set to foo.com in /etc/resolv.conf, add an entry for localhost.foo.com just to be safe. > I'm using a "dummy" hostname of > "myname.my.domain." This has been happening for *months* with > no (or not much?) ill-effect, but I would like to clean that > up if possible & there must be something I'm not quite getting > right for config... What is happening here? It appears that > I am rejecting a UDP DNS query from "myself."(?) > Apr 3 03:23:15 myname /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 10.0.0.1:1516 from 10. > 0.0.1:53 > Apr 3 03:23:15 myname /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 10.0.0.1:1517 from 10. > 0.0.1:53 No, the traffic is coming back *from* your local DNS server to a client program (using unprivileged port 1516...1530) - probably Netscape. It's not an error, it's just a bit verbose. See other posting about LOG_IN_VAIN for a fix. -- Rasputin Jack of All Trades :: Master of Nuns To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message