From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 28 2:46:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 026D414D6A for ; Tue, 28 Sep 1999 02:46:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11Vtq7-000OVc-00; Tue, 28 Sep 1999 11:46:27 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: "Langa Kentane" Cc: "FreeBSD" Subject: Re: popper problem [newbie] In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 28 Sep 1999 10:18:56 +0200." <06f601bf098a$371541a0$36a8ef9b@sunnet.co.za> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 11:46:27 +0200 Message-ID: <94215.938511987@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 10:18:56 +0200, "Langa Kentane" wrote: > May 9 18:43:04 ewok popper[4266]: (v2.53) Unable to get canonical name of > client, err = 60 Without knowing what popper program you're using (Qualcom?), all I can tell you is that the program probably tried and failed to lookup the DNS PTR record for the connecting host's IP address. This would happen if the client's IP address doesn't reverse resolve (no PTR records) or if your host's DNS is broken. Try resolving the hostname yourself. If valid client hosts don't have PTR records and you can't or don't want to add them, you should read the documentation for your popper to find a way to turn off DNS reverse-resolution. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message