Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 20:16:51 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: h.wickhorst@elmshorn.netsurf.de Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user PPP and BIND Message-ID: <199706291916.UAA02578@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 29 Jun 1997 14:49:41 %2B0200." <199706291249.OAA01756@thor.wnet>
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> Hi, > > i have some trouble with user PPP (dial on demand) and BIND (named) > on a 2.2.1 box. > > I am going to run my own nameserver for a local network. > Another reason is, that sendmail complains the dynamic IP-address > I've got from my provider after a connect. > Running the nameserver helps a lot, sendmail now gets a hostname > for the IP address without redialing to the provider. > > In my host.conf file i have: > hosts > bind > > My resolv.conf looks like: > nameserver my_ip_address > nameserver my_providers_ip_address > > When booting, the system 'hangs' for a long time after the network > devices have been configured. It not really hangs, it tries to resolv > the addresses of the static routes. (route thor.wnet localhost etc.) > I thought that it should use the hosts file instead, because named is > not running at that early time. > The only way to bring it to normal behavior is to comment out my own > nameserver from resolv.conf. > > What is wrong ? Experiment with your entries in /etc/hosts - you may need to put a '.' at the end of the name, so for example, if I am x.y.z, on IP i.i.i.i, I'd need i.i.i.i x.y.z. x. i.i.i.i x.y.z x Having said that, you're better off always using IP numbers in rc.conf - never names. > Thanks, > Henning > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Henning Wickhorst > Elmshorn, Germany E-Mail: h.wickhorst@elmshorn.netsurf.de > ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org> <http://www.awfulhak.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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