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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!f400.n712!f515.n712!f401.n711!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Distribution: world X-Comment-To: hgoldste@bbs.mpcs.com From: Trev Roydhouse <Trev.Roydhouse@f401.n711.z3.fidonet.org> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 96 20:51:00 +1100 Subject: Re: [Q] resolv.conf problems Message-ID: <3999600286@f401.n711.z3.ftn> Organization: Sentry -- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia X-FTN-AREA: COMP.UNIX.BSD.FREEBSD.MISC X-FTN-Tearline: QM v1.30 X-FTN-Origin: Sentry -- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (3:711/401.0) X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 711/401 501 712/400 515 X-FTN-PATH: 711/401 712/515 X-FTN-PATH: 712/400 Lines: 18 > 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). TREV.