Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:04:15 -0600 From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: OT: What Might Break getbostbyname() ? Message-ID: <50F7783F.7020406@tundraware.com>
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This is not really a FreeBSD problem ... in fact, it's happening on a Solaris 10 machine. But because the TCP stack and its userland interface came from BSD, I am hoping some kind soul might have an insight into what's going on ... The machine in question does DNS lookups fine via dig or nslookup. I believe these connect directly to the DNS server(s) specified in /etc/resolv.conf. However, any program that uses gethostbyname() - like ping - fails and says it cannot resolve the name. I'm looking for hints here on why or how gethostbyname() and/or the network stack could get clobbered so as to not be able to talk to the DNS servers which I know are reachable via dig and nslookup. TIA, -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/
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