Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 12:57:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Shady <rls@mail.id.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Problem Message-ID: <199705011657.MAA15205@server.id.net>
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I've got a serious problem with *ANY* 3.0 snapshots. I've seen several
other people say in the mailing lists that they have experienced similar
problems, but I have yet to see a legitimate answer to them. PLEASE
respond asap.
The problem:
In certain software packages, the gethostbyname call appears to fail.
The software:
(so far) sendmail, and harvest
The scenario:
Webserver - Approximately 100 virtual hosts. Running nothing but YP
client, webservices, and sendmail with client (forward) configuration.
/etc/host.conf
==============
# $FreeBSD$
# Default is to use the nameserver first
bind
# If that doesn't work, then try the /etc/hosts file
hosts
# If you have YP/NIS configured, uncomment the next line
nis
#
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root wheel 178 May 1 00:03 /etc/host.conf
Sendmail complains:
===================
...
May 1 08:43:33 www001 sendmail[4405]: gethostbyaddr() failed for 199.125.2.95
May 1 08:43:33 www001 sendmail[4405]: gethostbyaddr() failed for 199.125.2.96
May 1 08:43:33 www001 sendmail[4405]: gethostbyaddr() failed for 199.125.2.97
May 1 08:43:33 www001 sendmail[4405]: gethostbyaddr() failed for 199.125.2.98
May 1 08:43:33 www001 sendmail[4405]: gethostbyaddr() failed for 199.125.2.99
Harvest complains:
==================
broker: 970430 23:43:07: select returned: 1
broker: 970430 23:43:07: host_cache: get_host (199.125.2.24)
broker: 970430 23:43:07: getfullhostname: gethostbyname(www001.id.net) returned NULL.
broker: 970430 23:43:07: host_cache: get_host (www001.id.net)
broker: 970430 23:43:07: host_cache: hash index = 425
broker: 970430 23:43:07: new_host: Adding www001.id.net
broker: 970430 23:43:07: xmalloc: Allocated 14 bytes for 0x75a530.
broker: 970430 23:43:07: new_host: gethostbyname(www001.id.net) failed.
broker: 970430 23:43:07: new_host: www001.id.net: unknown host
broker: 970430 23:43:07: xfree: Deallocating space for 0x75a530
broker: 970430 23:43:07: Can't get my own host info!?
-- Rob
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