Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:26:23 +0200 From: "Andrey Sharandakov" <ash@azm.uz.ua> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sshd DNS Message-ID: <012a01c4e686$bc74e4c0$38ff89c3@ashway> References: <freemail.20041119190600.63226@fm16.freemail.hu>
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Hi!!! sshd needs DNS for backresolving!!! When you are connecting to a remote host via SSH, sshd tries to resolv in-addr.arpa zone for your IP address. man sshd -- Best regards, Andrey Sharandakov, ASH83-RIPE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kovács Péter" <kovacspeter2@freemail.hu> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 8:06 PM Subject: sshd DNS > Hello, > > > I sometimes get this error message: > sshd[543767]: WARNING: DNS lookup failed for " 171.31.1.21" > Why is this error message? > > For what sshd needs DNS? If the DNS is unavailable I can't > log into my computer. How can I resolve this problem, so I > can still login if the DNS is not available? > > > Thanks, > Peter > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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