Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 22:33:28 -0800 (PST) From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@nike.efn.org> To: Jay Lixfeld <carrera@idirect.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: caching nameserver problems... Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961030222948.394A-100000@nike> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961030214632.215A-100000@karma.idirect.com>
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On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Jay Lixfeld wrote:
> Well, if you look below, you will see my /etc/host.conf file:
>
> # $Id: host.conf,v 1.2 1993/11/07 01:02:57 wollman Exp $
> # Default is to use the nameserver first
> # bind
> hosts
> # If that doesn't work, then try the /etc/hosts file
> # hosts
> bind
> # If you have YP/NIS configured, uncomment the next line
> # nis
>
> It originally said bind before hosts. I changed it as per the person who
> told me about caching nameservers. It is setup correctly.. here is
> the lines in my /etc/rc that cause the system to lag.. it looks as tho
> sendmail is screwing things up. I thing that it is trying to send mail
> somewhere, but can't because the network connection is not made yet
> because it is dialup!:
>
> This is the first place it hangs..
>
> # Recover vi editor files.
> virecovery=`echo /var/tmp/vi.recover/recover.*`
> if [ "$virecovery" != '/var/tmp/vi.recover/recover.*' ]; then
> echo 'Recovering vi editor sessions'
> for i in $virecovery; do
> sendmail -t < $i
> done
> fi
>
> After 5 minutes or so, it moves on to the second hanging point which is:
>
> # $sendmail_flags is imported from /etc/sysconfig;
> # if $sendmail_flags is something other than NO, sendmail is run.
> if [ "X${sendmail_flags}" != X"NO" -a -r /etc/sendmail.cf ]; then
> echo -n ' sendmail'; /usr/sbin/sendmail
> ${sendmail_flags}
> fi
>
> As you can see, sendmail is in both those lines. I beleive it is
> sendmail, but I have no idea how to fix it!
make sure that the results of hostname is listed in /etc/hosts... hope
this fixes it... ttyl...
John-Mark
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