Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:55:12 +0000 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh password delay Message-ID: <423EEE60.2050205@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <b91c3de00503210635312b6a8e@mail.gmail.com> References: <423E116D.50805@usmstudent.com> <b91c3de00503210635312b6a8e@mail.gmail.com>
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Gary Smithe wrote: >If that is your resolv.conf, then that explains some things. Your box >is looking at the ISP for name resolution and the ISP has no idea (nor >could care) what your internal LAN address space is. Change the >resolv.conf to look at itself (127.0.0.1) and setup BIND with some >simple DNS and RDNS records. You could use pretty much any box on >your network for DNS, but the key is that it has to know about the >internal space. > > Or fix your /etc/host.conf to lookup in files first and then use DNS, then put your local network in /etc/hosts. Much simpler for a small network. E.g. /etc/host.conf # First try the /etc/hosts file hosts # Now try the nameserver next. bind And /etc/hosts 192.168.0.1 myhost Then leave resolv.conf alone. It will be used for anything not in your local hosts file. --Alex
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