From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 17 18:26:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mta01.chello.no (mta01.chello.no [212.186.255.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3079437B405 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2001 18:26:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from handaa@chello.no) Received: from magnus ([62.179.146.41]) by mta01.chello.no (InterMail vK.4.03.00.00 201-232-121 license e9baf6250a3e09baf933190ee5f5f2b0) with SMTP id <20010718012818.EREN19663.mta01@magnus> for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2001 03:28:18 +0200 Message-ID: <000b01c10f28$42f2c740$0200a8c0@chello.no> From: "Magnus" To: Subject: System unable to resolve hostnames Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 03:23:33 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2462.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2462.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Alpha.chello.no 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD I have a wierd problem, where the system is unable to resolve hostnames. Even though I have configured resolv.conf, here is the output of the file: search chello.no nameserver 212.186.255.29 nameserver 212.186.255.30 I have checked the addresses, and they are correct. Have also tried using those DNS server on a win box, wich works fine. I am able to ping numerical addresses, however, when I try to ping hostnames I get: "ping: cannot resolve freebsd.org: unknown host" Have tried several adresses, all with the same result. This happens also when I try to ftp, http with lynx, ntp update, they all fail to connect when I use hostnames. What makes it even more wierd, is that I am able to resolv hostnames by using 'nslookup'. prompt # nslookup freebsd.org server: dnscache01.chello.no address: 212.186.255.29 Name: Freebsd.org address: 216.136.204.21 Wich means I am able to resolve hostnames, DNS is working, however applications like ping, ftp etc. fails to resolve hostnames. How does the application resolve hostnames, what can cause what I am experiencing ? I would like to resolve this problem, if someone could shed some light on this problem. I would greatly appreciate it. If you need more feedback, to trouble shoot this problem. Let me know, and I will reply as soon as possible. Magnus Oslo, Norway To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message