Turns out just adding an /etc/resolv.conf file fixes it. I still don't know why this is needed on some systems and not others.
-----Original Message----- From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Schulman Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 9:50 AM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Dig problems > Hello, I am experiencing problems with the dig utility from the bind package included with cygwin. Here is the error I get: > > $ dig msn.com <http://msn.com/> > ;; communications error: connection reset Yes, I also have this problem. I thought it was just me... I also get that error every time I try to use host or dig. I am able to resolve hostnames generally, and Windows' nslookup works. Thanks for reporting that. Andrew. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
