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Date:      Mon, 11 Jan 1999 23:29:27 -0800
From:      Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu>
To:        "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: User PPP -auto dialout oddity
Message-ID:  <369AF9D7.799F248A@seattleu.edu>
References:  <037401be3dfb$e8763860$010a000a@danco.home>

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Dan O'Connor wrote:
<snips>
> I have 'hosts' before 'bind' in my host.conf file, and resolv.conf points to
> my ISP's nameserver.

good.
 
> These issues don't really bother me, I'm just interested in understanding
> what's going on behind the scenes. It seems either a DNS lookup (but why?)
> is initiating dialing or PPP is seeing the request before inetd.
> 
> Any light you can shed is most appreciated.

Check your host.conf, it should read:

hosts
bind

-- 
Eric Hodel
hodeleri@seattleu.edu

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