Re: internet, internal ftp dependency

2002-09-02 Thread voguemaster
hat automatically somehow, who knows... > >3. Manually (or by scripts) create a hosts file (/etc/hosts) with the > addresses of all the relevant internal machines > >Should be enough for a two-computers network > You know, I've tried that when I had the same problem. For some reason it doesn't

Re: internet, internal ftp dependency

2002-09-02 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, voguemaster wrote: > 1. Install a DNS server internally to handle those times where you are > off the internet (and place that as the first server in your resolv.conf) > > 2. Use a script to replace the resolv.conf file with a backup when you disconnect. > This is the easiest

Re: internet, internal ftp dependency

2002-09-02 Thread erez
try running tcpdump to see the dns requests erez. Tal Achituv wrote: > Hi! > > > > This is the setup: > > machine 1: windo*s XP 2 NICs, 1) Cable Internet 2) Local Network > (nat-ing #1) > > > > machine 2: RedHat 7.3, xinetd.d modified to enable telnet & > wu-ftpd..., 2 NICs 1) Local

Re: internet, internal ftp dependency

2002-09-02 Thread voguemaster
Hmm, i just gave a reply similar to this one in Tapuz's forum. Look, wu-ftp is problematic. It insists on performing DNS queries for the client at login time, but fails to act whenever it isn't needed. I'm assuming your linux box has it's DNS servers configured in it's resolv.conf file. See, when

internet, internal ftp dependency

2002-09-02 Thread Tal Achituv
Title: Message Hi!   This is the setup: machine 1: windo*s XP 2 NICs, 1) Cable Internet 2) Local Network (nat-ing #1)   machine 2: RedHat 7.3, xinetd.d modified to enable telnet & wu-ftpd..., 2 NICs 1) Local Network (using dhcp) 2) manually configured and not connected to anything (in nead