On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 04:37 -0700, Jeff Chan wrote: > On Thursday, April 21, 2005, 4:26:46 AM, Mike Grice wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 03:55 -0700, Jeff Chan wrote: > >> On Thursday, April 21, 2005, 3:46:35 AM, Mike Grice wrote: > > >> >>From /etc/hosts: > >> > 127.0.0.2 dnsbl-sorbs-net.dnsbl.plus.net > >> > >> Use named.conf instead of /etc/hosts. > > > Well that seems to work! I'm not sure why though, as it's basically the > > same thing? Not complaining though :) > > Glad to hear it's working now. :-) > > /etc/hosts is mostly useful at boot time before named starts so > that some basic local host info can be resolved. named.conf is > what controls BIND, and BIND takes care of most name resolution > once it's up and running.
This I know (I'm a sysadmin ;-)), what I'm getting at is why would SA time it out? The system should use the hostfile in preference to DNS (e.g., in nsswitch.conf), but for some bizarre reason this lookup isn't. I use hostfiles in a few cases, in fact it speeds up some things especially when there is no local nameserver on the box... think NFS, etc. Mike -- Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.
