From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 24 03:42:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id DAA11449 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 03:42:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA11444 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 03:42:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by root.com (8.7.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id DAA18564; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 03:42:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199607241042.DAA18564@root.com> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.root.com: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "K.V.S. Sankaram" cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "named" daemon In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 24 Jul 1996 16:00:28 -0800." From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 03:42:14 -0700 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > * The "named" domain was not configured initially on my FREEBSD >machine. > > * After I configured it to run, by making changes in the >"/etc/sysconfig" file, commands like "arp -a", "netstat -r", "telnet", & "ftp" >are taking a lot of time to get executed. However, the "ifconfig -a" command >is getting executed immediately, as usual. I have not tested other network >related commands. So, I cannot say how they are getting executed, after >configuring "named". Exactly what did you change in /etc/sysconfig? If you changed "defaultdomainname", then you shouldn't have. That should only be set if you are using Yellow Pages (NIS). Setting it will cause the symptoms that you're describing above. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project