From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jul 18 12:23:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from salmon.maths.tcd.ie (salmon.maths.tcd.ie [134.226.81.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CBE5637B94C for ; Tue, 18 Jul 2000 12:23:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie) Received: from walton.maths.tcd.ie by salmon.maths.tcd.ie with SMTP id ; 18 Jul 2000 20:23:40 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 20:23:40 +0100 From: David Malone To: Parag Patel Cc: chad@DCFinc.com, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Telnet problem under 4.1-RC Message-ID: <20000718202340.A34472@walton.maths.tcd.ie> References: <48368.963947449@pinhead.parag.codegen.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.2i In-Reply-To: <48368.963947449@pinhead.parag.codegen.com>; from parag@cgt.com on Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 12:10:49PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 12:10:49PM -0700, Parag Patel wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 11:58:32 PDT, "Chad R. Larson" wrote: > >Check your /etc/host.conf file to see if you're using the /etc/hosts > >file before the nameserver ("hosts" ahead of "bind"). If so, check > >for a valid entry in your hosts file. > > I tried various combinations in /etc/host.conf, even eliminating the > "hosts" entry entirely. (All the correct host addrs are also listed in > /etc/hosts, even localhost.) It unfortunately makes no difference for > telnet which still refuses to lookup the hostname. Screwy. > > I'm running the standard/default FBSD /etc/host.conf file as > built/installed by mergemaster, which appears to be the same as what's > under /usr/src/etc/host.conf. I think I noticed this at home, but don't seem to be able to reproduce it in college. I notice that ping seemed to work OK, what happens if you try "ping6"? Maybe this is some sort of IPv6 issue. David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message