> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jul 13 15:48:20 2004
> Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 15:07:26 -0500
> From: Russell Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: LPRng: DNS Resolution Issue
>
> I recently had a problem on AIX with LPRng 3.8.26 where printing
> commands hung for up to ten minutes before printing, querying status,
> etc.
>
> Even doing an "lpq --help" hung! That shouldn't involve any remote
> queries...
>
> The situation was that one of our DNS servers had stopped responding
> to queries (still up, but service died). The primary DNS server and
> another secondary were still available.
>
> The problems with LPRng persisted until we restarted the DNS service,
> however AIX and our other software products didn't have problems
> resolving names during that time period.
>
> Does LPRng use a custom resolve library or another unusual method for
> lookups? I'm trying to figure out why LPRng responded that way when
> there were other DNS servers available.
This is odd.
Check the output of the configure facility and see what
libraries it is using.
I suspect that part of the problem might be that you did not have
the other DNS servers listed in the /etc/resolv.conf file.
By the way, I really recommend using a local DNS server in caching
mode. You can then have:
/etc/resolv.conf:
nameserver 127.0.0.1
search your.local.domain
In /etc/namedb/named.conf (or whereever the named configuration is):
options {
forwarders { 10.0.0.2; }; <<< put the IP ADDRESSES
of your DNS servers here
directory "/etc/namedb";
pid-file "/var/run/named/pid";
>
> Russell
You will find that your performance and reliability will greatly
increase.
Patrick Powell Astart Technologies
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 6741 Convoy Court
Network and System San Diego, CA 92111
Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-751-2435
LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com)
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