[NTLUG:Discuss] Slow connection to pop3

[Bug Hunter]

  nope.  Dig does a query straight to a dns server.

  to see if /etc/hosts is working, try
 
ping host4.homexcorp.com

  if it comes back immediately with a ping to 129.168.1.4, then hosts is
being used on that machine.

  If it hangs for 30 seconds or so, then /etc/hosts is not being used.


On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Neil Aggarwal wrote:

> Bug:
> 
> This is strange, I added this to my /etc/hosts file:
> 192.168.1.4 host4.homexcorp.com
> 
> My /etc/host.conf looks like:
> order hosts,bind
> multi on
> 
> I then started named by typing /etc/init.d/named start
> 
> Then, I treid to do a reverse lookup using dig:
> dig @127.0.0.1 -x 192.168.1.4
> 
> Here is what I got back:
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.0 <<>> @127.0.0.1 -x 192.168.1.4
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 63996
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
> 
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;4.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa.      IN      PTR
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> 168.192.in-addr.arpa.   10800   IN      SOA     prisoner.iana.org.
> hostmaster.root-servers.org. 2002040800 1800 900 604800 604800
> 
> ;; Query time: 1061 msec
> ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
> ;; WHEN: Tue Jul 16 20:09:33 2002
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 119
> 
> There is no answer section.  I thought that the hosts file should have been
> checked first and then I would get an answer.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 	Neil.