I think I followed the bind manual and poked around /var/named and it has been working OK for a few weeks until I pointed my browser to "localhost" and then I tried "host localhost". It can resolve "127.0.0.1" back to "localhost.localhost." fine, but if I try my name "localhost" or "localhost.localhost", I get this: ";; connection timed out; no servers could be reached" (at least until I tried it just now while on-line, when it works OK, resolving my modem/router's localhost, I suppose).
/etc/hosts: ::1 localhost.localhost localhost 127.0.0.1 localhost.localhost localhost 10.0.0.4 localhost.localhost localhost /etc/hosts.conf: # Auto-generated from nsswitch.conf, do not edit hosts bind /etc/resolv.conf (same with this file missing): nameserver 127.0.0.1 I can "ping localhost" OK. I thought that "host" should use the same stub resolver as "ping" before trying "bind". Can I not use "/etc/hosts" with a cache-only named? Must I have an authoritive zone for "localhost"? Or what? Thanks. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"