On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, Kevin Traas wrote: > Is this lookup necessary? Is there a way to disable it?
Try commenting out the PARANOID:ALL from /etc/hosts.deny (this is from memory, so there may be typos). I'm guessing the dns info is cached(sp?) somewhere after a ping resulting your reported behavior. The paranoid setting requires that the users name matches their ip or something like that. In a nutshell, it's a security feature. Brandon -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
