Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:04:51 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com>, David Banning <david+dated+1140627043.fc6535@skytracker.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail port 8025 conundrum Message-ID: <20060217180451.GA13775@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <43F604DE.1010101@dial.pipex.com> 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> <43F604DE.1010101@dial.pipex.com>
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On 2006-02-17 17:16, Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> wrote: >David Banning wrote: >>>Look under /etc for hosts.conf or nsswitch.conf: >>> >>> [...] >> >> 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"). You're absolutely right, of course. Sorry for the confusion :-) > 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? Good question :)
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