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Date:      Wed, 18 Jul 2001 02:37:48 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Magnus <handaa@chello.no>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: System unable to resolve hostnames
Message-ID:  <20010718023748.O59863@strontium.shef.vinosystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <000b01c10f28$42f2c740$0200a8c0@chello.no>
References:  <000b01c10f28$42f2c740$0200a8c0@chello.no>

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Magnus wrote:

> 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
>=20
> Name:    Freebsd.org
> address: 216.136.204.21
>=20
> 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 ?

Seems like this sort of thing could happen if you didn't have 'bind' listed
in /etc/host.conf.

I'm not sure -hackers is the most appropriate list either.

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Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org

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