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Date:      Sun, 03 Nov 2002 10:00:16 -0800
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
To:        Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Can't resolve hosts via dns on the command line with latest -current 
Message-ID:  <20021103180017.042662A88D@canning.wemm.org>
In-Reply-To: <3DC52724.52A75A@FreeBSD.org> 

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Doug Barton wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> With -current built from sources updated at around 8pm PST, I can't
> resolve hosts on the command line if /etc/resolv.conf points to a name
> server running on the local host. The local name server itself is
> working fine, and I can reach any host in /etc/hosts as well.
> 
> ktrace /sbin/ping hub.freebsd.org
> ^C
> 
> kdump
>    651 ktrace   RET   ktrace 0
>    651 ktrace   CALL  execve(0xbfbffb03,0xbfbff9e4,0xbfbff9f0)
>    651 ktrace   NAMI  "/sbin/ping"
> 
> /etc/nsswitch.conf is unchanged, and contains only:
> hosts: files dns 
> 
> It doesn't matter if /etc/resolv.conf points to 127.0.0.1, or the IP of
> the box. As soon as I point /etc/resolv.conf at a name server on another
> host, it works.

I'm having similar problems.  If I have 2 or 3 nameservers listed and
127.0.0.1 first, then I get a 10-20 second timeout before the resolver
library switches to another server.

Cheers,
-Peter
--
Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5


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