The following reply was made to PR mod_log-any/2366; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Glenn Fleishman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Dean Gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mod_log-any/2366: DNS lookup in logs reports host, first number in dotted quads Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 13:09:09 -0800 At 11:50 AM -0800 6/6/98, Dean Gaudet wrote: >Did you link against the bind libraries explicitly? Sunos 4.x has some >very "interesting" ideas w.r.t. name lookup, DNS, and NIS/YP. In >particular, things should work fine if you use the bind libraries >explicitly. Or if you don't use NIS/YP. Also take a peek in your >/etc/hosts to see if you've got all the entries listed with the FQDN >first. On the bind subject: I didn't do it explicitly, but apache is performing lookups in some cases, just not all. How do I link explicitly? In all the software I've compiled over the last four years, this hasn't been a problem with this OS (or I've been lucky). On the NIS/YP front: we use it, but barely. Just enough to avoid having to replace it, but not for any real purpose. It's set up to use DNS primarily. /etc/hosts: not sure why this affects externally looked-up FQDNs - can you explain? Does an FQDN in the /etc/hosts file force DNS involvement in resolver lookups? That seems odd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Glenn Fleishman, unsolicited pundit. see my mug: http://www.glenns.org freelance technical writer, perl hacker, Adobe Magazine columnist/editor co-author of Real World Scanning & Halftones, 2d edition http://rwsh.com technical director, Phinney-Bischoff Design House http://www.pbdh.com director of operations, i/us Corporation http://www.i-us.com chair, Web Marketing '98/D.C. http://www.thunderlizard.com/webmarketing/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
