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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.uoregon.edu!news1.mpcs.com!hgoldste From: hgoldste@bbs.mpcs.com (Howard Goldstein) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: [Q] resolv.conf problems Date: 13 Feb 1996 19:07:26 GMT Organization: disorganization Lines: 29 Message-ID: <slrn4i1obe.jnl.hgoldste@bbs.mpcs.com> References: <3999600286@f401.n711.z3.ftn> Reply-To: hg@n2wx.ampr.org NNTP-Posting-Host: bbs.mpcs.com X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.5) On Mon, 12 Feb 96 20:51:00 +1100, Trev Roydhouse <Trev.Roydhouse@f401.n711.z3.fidonet.org> wrote: : : > Problem arises when either of the two 2.1 boxes boots : > up and the nameserver box is down. : : [... "lockups"] : : > last time after sendmail is brought up. : : > Nothing in my sysconf references anything requiring a : > DNS lookup. /etc/hosts has paths to everything. Using : > dotted quad addresses in sysconf only doesn't help. : : In this case I'd bet that you haven't checked your /etc/sendmail.cf file for OI : (insist that the name server be running to resolve names). I'm not really concerned at all about sendmail (everyone is keying off that!) The box hangs right after the rc.netstart ifconfig and then again upon loading the first set of rpc daemons. Even if I wipe sendmail, the problem remains. Does someone know why these other elements insist upon having acccess to a named? -- Howard Goldstein <hg@n2wx.ampr.org> http://www.tapr.org/~n2wx/