Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:16:14 +0000 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: David Banning <david+dated+1140627043.fc6535@skytracker.ca> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail port 8025 conundrum Message-ID: <43F604DE.1010101@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <20060217165042.GA40072@skytracker.ca> References: <20060217160651.GA22179@skytracker.ca> <002601c633dd$1a7349f0$1215450a@ad.ewsad.net> <20060217162952.GA31165@skytracker.ca> <20060217163347.GB13036@flame.pc> <20060217163844.GD31165@skytracker.ca> <20060217164447.GD13036@flame.pc> <20060217165042.GA40072@skytracker.ca>
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David Banning wrote: >>Look under /etc for hosts.conf or nsswitch.conf: >> >> keramida@flame:/home/keramida$ ls -l /etc/hosts* >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel - 655 Feb 15 15:00 /etc/hosts >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel - 1484 Feb 15 15:00 /etc/hosts.allow >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel - 111 Feb 15 14:45 /etc/hosts.equiv >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel - 99 Feb 15 14:45 /etc/hosts.lpd >> keramida@flame:/home/keramida$ ls -l /etc/nss* >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel - 18 Feb 15 17:03 /etc/nsswitch.conf >> keramida@flame:/home/keramida$ grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf >> hosts: files dns >> keramida@flame:/home/keramida$ >> >> > >root# ls -l /etc/hosts* >-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1694 May 13 2005 /etc/hosts >-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3027 Mar 27 2005 /etc/hosts.allow >-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 421 Mar 27 2005 /etc/hosts.equiv >-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 99 Apr 3 2003 /etc/hosts.lpd >root# ls -tl /etc/nss* >ls: /etc/nss*: No such file or directory >root# > > Er, I'm pretty sure it's /etc/host.conf (no "s"). But if your /etc/hosts doesn't contain the hostname you are after, that only leaves DNS, NIS and LDAP (I think) for the host.conf file to order. For DNS, what does "host whatever.your.hostname.was" show from the machine where you seem to be getting the wrong answer? --Alex
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