Re: Can't access aliased ip address
Chad, It sounds like you've fallen prey to the perils of assymmetric routing. For simplicity, I'll refer to your (my machine) external server to be machine A, eth0 to be ip-address B, and eth0:1 to be ip-address C. Here is how things are happening : Machine A sends echo request to C. C replies. The routing table on your multihomed server says that the packet needs to travel out via eth0. The outgoing echo reply therefore will contain the source address of B. A is not listening for replies from B. It is listening for replies from C. Hence your problem. To see if I am right, filter tcpdump on the icmp protocol, rather than the host of C. If you see echo replies from B coming in, and echo requests for C going out, what I said is correct. Regards, Jor-el This doesn't appear to be the problem. When I ping ip address C, from machine A (my computer at a remote location) tcpdump icmp -i eth0 yields only a request. However, once I ping ip address B from Machine A it will show both the request and the reply. Also, I just looked at the syslog, which I probably should've done earlier and found the following: Jan 2 15:23:46 hostname kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=1 MACHINEA:8 IPADDRC:0 L=92 S=0x00 I=0 F=0x4000 T=43 (#9) Should I be looking at the firewall as the cause of the problem. However temporarily using ipchains -P input ACCEPT and ipchains -P output ACCEPT before going back to the regular firewall settings gave me the exact same result. Do I need to specifically specifiy IP Address C in the firewall script or am I chasing a dead end? Chad
Re: Can't access aliased ip address
On 2002.01.02 22:19 Jor-el wrote: The hostnames in your prev. post were truncated and it was hard to guess how the routing was setup. Here is an easier to read routing table: Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 216.86.213.93 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 eth0 216.86.213.94 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 eth0 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth1 216.86.213.00.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 0.0.0.0 216.86.213.10.0.0.0 UG1 00 eth0 Also try the following : from B / C, do 1. traceroute A 2. traceroute A -s C traceroute A works as expected. However traceroute A -s C results in: 1 traceroute: wrote 24.52.153.102 38 chars, ret=-1 *traceroute: wrote 24.52.153.102 38 chars, ret=-1 *traceroute: wrote 24.52.153.102 38 chars, ret=-1 Note: each of the above lines were preceded by: traceroute: sendto: Operation not permitted which for somereason wasn't included in the output oftraceroute A -s C traceroute I've noticed this on a few other procedures I've tried to do, but it isn't really that big of a deal to add the other information. But I know there is a way to capture the screen, I just don't know how to do it. On A, monitor the traffic using a filter for src = A or dst = A and post the results. I don't think that I can do this. A is a D-Link Wireless cable modem/dsl router. I tried it anyway and didn't pick up anything from things that I know work. Jan 2 15:23:46 hostname kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=1 MACHINEA:8 IPADDRC:0 L=92 S=0x00 I=0 F=0x4000 T=43 (#9) I dont know what this log entry means. Its possible that you have a firewall problem but your symptoms are more indicative of a routing problem. Perhaps the output of 'ipchains -L -v -n' would help (Note: I run iptables and I'm guessing that its options are similar to ipchains. The -n will produce numeric, rather than symbolic output). That worked just fine, here is the output: Chain input (policy ACCEPT: 0 packets, 0 bytes): pkts bytes target prot opttosa tosx ifname mark outsize sourcedestination ports 39536 3757K ACCEPT all -- 0xFF 0x00 lo 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 n/a 0 0 DENY all l- 0xFF 0x00 !lo 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/0 n/a 89474 7888K ACCEPT all -- 0xFF 0x00 eth0 216.86.213.0/24 0.0.0.0/0 n/a 204K 21M ACCEPT all -- 0xFF 0x00 eth1 192.168.0.0/24 0.0.0.0/0 n/a 0 0 DENY all l- 0xFF 0x00 eth0 216.86.213.0/24 0.0.0.0/0 n/a 0 0 DENY all l- 0xFF 0x00 eth0 192.168.0.0/24 0.0.0.0/0 n/a 234K 189M ACCEPT all -- 0xFF 0x00 eth0 0.0.0.0/0216.86.213.93 n/a 0 0 ACCEPT all -- 0xFF 0x00 eth0 0.0.0.0/0216.86.213.255n/a 17858 1487K DENY all l- 0xFF 0x00 * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 n/a Chain forward (policy DENY: 0 packets, 0 bytes): pkts bytes target prot opttosa tosx ifname mark outsize sourcedestination ports 0 0 MASQ all -- 0xFF 0x00 eth0 192.168.0.2 0.0.0.0/0 n/a 0 0 MASQ all -- 0xFF 0x00 eth0 192.168.0.21 0.0.0.0/0 n/a 4464 690K MASQ all -- 0xFF 0x00 eth0 192.168.0.22 0.0.0.0/0 n/a 443 66229 MASQ all -- 0xFF 0x00 eth0 192.168.0.23 0.0.0.0/0 n/a 257 38564 MASQ all -- 0xFF 0x00 eth0 192.168.0.24 0.0.0.0/0 n/a 58 4837 MASQ all -- 0xFF 0x00 eth0 192.168.0.25 0.0.0.0/0 n/a 0 0 MASQ all -- 0xFF 0x00 eth0 192.168.0.26 0.0.0.0/0 n/a 2606 571K MASQ all -- 0xFF 0x00 eth0 192.168.0.27 0.0.0.0/0 n/a 2641 367K MASQ all -- 0xFF 0x00 eth0 192.168.0.28 0.0.0.0/0 n/a 0 0 MASQ all -- 0xFF 0x00 eth0 192.168.0.2540.0.0.0/0 n/a Chain output (policy ACCEPT: 0 packets, 0 bytes): pkts bytes target prot opttosa tosx ifname mark
SOLVED Can't access aliased ip address
It turns out it was in fact a firewall problem. I discovered that I wasn't resetting the firewall to no restrictions right. I thought that resetting the policy would reset all of the rules and didn't realize I needed to do a flush first. Now that I think about it makes good sense to do it this way. Now I just need to go in and see which rule was causing the problem. Thanks for the help Chad
Can't access aliased ip address
I have a gateway to share a dsl line with about 20 users that all use win 9x or a more recent windows product. One of the users wants to be able to setup pcanywhere so he can access his office computer using his cable modem at home instead of the phone line. This is the output of ifconfig: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:23:A3:AC inet addr:216.86.213.93 Bcast:216.86.213.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:241367 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:260291 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:41 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:10 Base address:0x6000 eth0:1Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:23:A3:AC inet addr:216.86.213.94 Bcast:216.86.213.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Interrupt:10 Base address:0x6000 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:5A:CB:A2 inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:191550 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:233023 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:11 Base address:0x6100 loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:38940 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:38940 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 And this is the output of route: Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface adsl-gte-la-216 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 eth0 adsl-gte-la-216 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 eth0 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth1 216.86.213.0* 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 default adsl-gte-la-216 0.0.0.0 UG1 00 eth0 Note: the the first two entires are the hosts associated with eth:0 and eth0:1 Now, I'm a remote location but when logged into this machine I can ping all ip addresses. From my machine I get no responce when I try and ping the address associated with eth0:1 however when I use tcpdump host 216.86.213.94 I get the following result while pinging that address from my machine so it looks like it is getting something but not answering. 11:31:07.232889 ca-brea2a-102.stmnca.adelphia.net adsl-gte-la-216-86-213-94.mminternet.com: icmp: echo request (DF) Also, it is not possible for me to ask someone at the site to try to ping the eth0:1 address from a machine on the 192.168.0 segment, however I'll be in the area tomorrow (only 15-20 minutes out of my way) and can swing by and see if it is working from there if absolutely necessary. This is also a repost, I've incorporated all of the advice from my original post but more important priorities forced me to put this on the back burner. That always catches up with me since now this is a fire that I need to put out. If I can't get the aliasing to work the way I want it to, I'll have to go down there tomorrow and throw in another NIC for the second address but I don' really want to do that because it is possible that more people will want the same and I don't want to have to keep adding cards. Space and maintenance are more of issues than cost. Also, it isn't practical to just give that computer an external ip address because it is behind another hub on the 192 segment. Any assistance or advice would be greatly appreciated. Chad Morgan
Re: Can't access aliased ip address
On 2002.01.02 18:29 Jason M. Harvey wrote: hello, if this person wants to use pcanywhere from home... which ip address is he using for pcanywhere to connect to? unless he's using some sort of vpn setup between home and work, he won't get to his office pc. are you running masquerading on the pc 216.86.213.93? if the 196.168 network is translated to that ip, you'll need to forward ports 5631 and 5632 from 216.86.213.93 back to his ip (192.168.y.z). once you've done that, he will be able to pcanywhere to 216.86.213.93 and invisible to him will be the forwarding of pcanywhere to his private ip. This is actually a better idea for my worst case scenario of having to add another NIC if I can't get the aliased address to work. However, there is someone else that has been toying with the pcanywhere idea as well and I'm pretty sure once it is working for this guy the other one will want it too. I don't use pcanywhere so I don't know if you can manually specify a different port. If you can I guess I could give everyone that wants it a different port on the *.93 address but not using the defaults could create some unique support situations when people forget their assigned port or don't know how to change the defaults and I'd like to avoid that. i've configured many routers that run NAT and needed to do the same thing. i've never done port forwarding with ipchains/iptables but i'm positive that it can be done. I haven't setup the port forwarding yet since traffic to the address I wanted to use wasn't getting there anyway. I was planning on using ipmasqadm to do the port fowarding once I can forward traffic on the address that I would like to use. Thanks, Chad it sounds like what i'm advising is a little off-track of what you were looking at before... if someone else has better suggestion, listen to them! the port-forwarding will work, but it may be a little more for you to set up... good luck, jason On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 06:19:46PM -0800, Chad Morgan wrote: | I have a gateway to share a dsl line with about 20 users that all use win | 9x or a more recent windows product. One of the users wants to be able to | setup pcanywhere so he can access his office computer using his cable modem | at home instead of the phone line. | | This is the output of ifconfig: | | eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:23:A3:AC | inet addr:216.86.213.93 Bcast:216.86.213.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 | UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 | RX packets:241367 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 | TX packets:260291 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 | collisions:41 txqueuelen:100 | Interrupt:10 Base address:0x6000 | | eth0:1Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:23:A3:AC | inet addr:216.86.213.94 Bcast:216.86.213.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 | UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 | Interrupt:10 Base address:0x6000 | | eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:5A:CB:A2 | inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 | UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 | RX packets:191550 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 | TX packets:233023 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 | collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 | Interrupt:11 Base address:0x6100 | | loLink encap:Local Loopback | inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 | UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 | RX packets:38940 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 | TX packets:38940 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 | collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 | | And this is the output of route: | | Kernel IP routing table | Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse | Iface | adsl-gte-la-216 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 | eth0 | adsl-gte-la-216 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 | eth0 | 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 | eth1 | 216.86.213.0* 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 | eth0 | default adsl-gte-la-216 0.0.0.0 UG1 00 | eth0 | | Note: the the first two entires are the hosts associated with eth:0 and | eth0:1 | | Now, I'm a remote location but when logged into this machine I can ping all | ip addresses. | | From my machine I get no responce when I try and ping the address | associated with eth0:1 however when I use tcpdump host 216.86.213.94 I get | the following result while pinging that address from my machine so it looks | like it is getting something but not answering. | | 11:31:07.232889 ca-brea2a-102.stmnca.adelphia.net | adsl-gte-la-216-86-213-94.mminternet.com: icmp: echo request (DF) | | Also, it is not possible for me
/dev/st0 doesn't exist
I'm trying to setup a SCSI tape drive. For the record it is an HP C1537A 12/24GB DDS Drive This is the output of /proc/scsi/scsi: Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00 Vendor: HP Model: C1537A Rev: L610 Type: Sequential-AccessANSI SCSI revision: 02 If anyone wants to see it, the output of /proc/scsi/advansys/0 is at the bottom of the message. My problem is that /dev/st0 and /dev/nst0 do not exist. Ie: ls /dev/st0 would result in No such file or directory. SCSI Support and my low level drive (advansys) are compiled into the kernel. I'm loading the scsi tape support as a module. modprobe st reults in: Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 yet /dev/st0 is not there. Is there another way I'm supposed to access the drive or do I need to install a package that would set that up for me. cpio was already installed and I tried installing taper to see what that would do. It didn't accomplish anything. My laptop, which has Redhat 7.2 because my debian 2.1 CD didn't have the right drivers for my pcmcia network card and I was too lazy to make a CD that had them (although I'm begining to regret that now). I guess that bears mentioning that the machine that is giving me probelms is running potato with 2.2.19. And the reason for mentioning RedHat was, an ls /dev/st* there includes /dev/st0 through /st61 and a lot in between. Also, just remembered to check some of my other debian machines to see if they have any /dev/st0. Of the two that I checked, none of them have anything related to st. I'm thinking there might be something debian specific that I'm missing. Any help would be appreciated. Chad -- Output of /proc/scsi/advansys/0: AdvanSys SCSI 3.3D: PCI Ultra-Wide: BIOS C8000/7FFF, IO C000/3F, IRQ 11 ROM BIOS Version: 3.2? Device Information for AdvanSys SCSI Host 0: Target IDs Detected: 4, 7, (7=Host Adapter) Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00 Vendor: HP Model: C1537A Rev: L610 Type: Sequential-AccessANSI SCSI revision: 02 EEPROM Settings for AdvanSys SCSI Host 0: Serial Number: AA09E111B111 Host SCSI ID: 7, Host Queue Size: 253, Device Queue Size: 63 termination: 0 (Automatic), bios_ctrl: ffe7 Target ID:0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F Disconnects: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Command Queuing: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Start Motor: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Synchronous Transfer: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Ultra Transfer: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Wide Transfer:Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Linux Driver Configuration and Information for AdvanSys SCSI Host 0: host_busy 0, last_reset 0, max_id 16, max_lun 8, max_channel 0 unique_id 0, can_queue 253, this_id 7, sg_tablesize 255, cmd_per_lun 0 unchecked_isa_dma 0, use_clustering 1, loaded_as_module 0 flags c, last_reset 0, jiffies 1f5ad queue_depth: 4:63 Linux Driver Statistics for AdvanSys SCSI Host 0: command 0, queuecommand 23, abort 0, reset 0, biosparam 0 interrupt 23, callback 23, done 23 exe_noerror 23, exe_busy 0, exe_error 0, exe_unknown 0 build_error 0, build_noreq 0, build_nosg 0 cont_cnt 23, cont_xfer 11.5 kb avg_xfer 0.4 kb Active and Waiting Request Queues (Time Unit: 100 HZ): target 4 active: cnt [cur 0, max 1, tot 9], time [min 0, max 1, avg 0.7] waiting: cnt [cur 0, max 0, tot 0], time [min 0, max 0, avg 0.0] Adv Library Configuration and Statistics for AdvanSys SCSI Host 0: iop_base e080, cable_detect: 3, err_code 0 chip_version 64, lib_version 50c, mcode_date 1502, mcode_version 50c Queuing Enabled: 4:N Queue Limit: 4:1 Command Pending: 4:0 Wide Enabled: 4:Y Transfer Bit Width: 4:8 Synchronous Enabled: 4:Y 4: Transfer Period Factor: 25 (10.0 Mhz), REQ/ACK Offset: 15
Re: /dev/st0 doesn't exist
On 2001.12.11 20:15 Nathan E Norman wrote: yet /dev/st0 is not there. The message from the driver doesn't imply file creation :) I assume you're using the old dev directory and not using devfs? In any case, you probably simply need to create the device files. I now use devfs so it's been a while since I worried about device files, but let's see if remember ... . Method 1: # cd /dev; MAKEDEV st Method 2: # cd /dev # mknod -m 660 st0 c 9 0 # mknod -m 660 nst0 c 9 128 # chown root:tape st0 nst0 That did it. Thanks for the reply. I was going to say that mknod wasn't needed after MAKEDEV, however if I would've read your post better I would've noticed that it was METHOD 12 and not STEP 12 :) Method 3: Install a kernel that does devfs :) Since this is the first I've heard of devfs, I'll look into it. Thanks.
Re: Homework
This topic has been discussed in great depth on many occasions. If you really want to know what how every feels about this I suggest that YOU read the archives before filling up everyone's mail box with more why don't people RTFM posts. Chad On 2001.12.10 09:01 Nicolás Conde wrote: Hello. I don't mean to be rude with this, but i've noticed that few people do their homework before posting. I've seen some questions over and over again for which answers exist in the {manual pages | list archives}. Looking for existing answers (IOW doing your own research) before posting helps everyone: you learn about your OS and your computer, becoming a better {admin | user}; and also reduces the amount of messages received by subscribers everyday. So, without wanting to ofend anyone, before you post a question 1. RTFM (Read The Friendly Manual) 2. Search the {archives | HOW-TOs} 3. Ask your local {Linux | Unix} guru (if you have one) and if this doesn't help (which I doubt) drop some lines to this list. Thanks all, enjoy Linux. -- -= Nicolás Conde - SSAA =- -= [EMAIL PROTECTED] =- La verdad te hara libre, pero antes te hara enojar. Anonimo. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ayuda
Hay un package para el chip de nvidia en testing. Necesita suplmentar /etc/apt/sources.list con testing y hacer apt-cache search nivida para el nombre del package. Tambien, para mas informacion puede usar esta lista en espanol http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-spanish/ On 2001.12.05 18:43 arturo camacho vazquez wrote: Hola a todos instale el debian2.2 r0,pero no pude levantar la tarjeta de video que es una gforce con chip de nvidia, lo levante con vga y una tarjeta generica de nvidia , quise hacer una actualizacion con apt-get pero como todo esta en ingles no logre hacerlo, saben ustedes donde puedo bajar un amnual para poner y utilizar el apt get o como iunstalo un kernel mas reciente con el xfree86 para que reconosca mi tarjeta de antemano gracias a todos . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
IP Alias
Hello, I set up an IP Alias on my system but I'm unable to access the aliased IP address from other computers. I have: eth0, IP Address A - can ping from my computer and from other computers eth0:0, IP Address B - can ping ONLY from my computer but not from others. It is listed in ifconfig When I reverse the addresses eth0 = IP Address B and eth0:0 = IP Address A the same thing occurs. I've followed the HOWTO and haven't been able to find any thing that I'm missing. Any ideas on something else I should be looking at. Chad Morgan
RE: Mount Problem
When I run e2fsck I get the following: /dev/hdb4: clean, 54908/1202944 files, 576697/2401717 blocks Chad -Original Message- From: Alberto Cabello Sánchez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 11:30 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Mount Problem Have you tried running e2fsck? -- - Alberto Cabello Sánchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] Servicio de Informática Universidad de Extremadura 924 298 351 - 924 289 352 -- Debian Woody Sylpheed 0.5.2 == -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mount Problem
I'm trying to recover some data off my old hard drive and am having some problems with the mounting. I use: mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb4 /old_home and that results in: EXT2-fs: 03:44: couldn't mount because of unsupported option features. mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb4, or too many mounted file systems. hdb1 was the swap partition hdb2 was the old root partion and that mounts with the same command just fine hdb3 was partioned for FAT32 but I never even got around to formatting it, let along installing Windows again There are no other partions on the drive. I'm 95% sure that it is not the wrong fs type, especially considering hdb2 is ext2. When looking at the partion list it is listed as Linux Native is there any other fs types it could be. Since I didn't add any options to the mount command I don't think it is a a bad option, unless I'm leaving off an option that I need. Although no options were needed for hdb2. I'm afraid that it may be a bad superblock and I'm not entirely sure what a superblock is. Is there any way that I can correct this (should it be the problem) so that I can recover the data. I have less than 5 fs's mounted so I don't think this is it. BTW, how many fs's can be mounted. Also: It is a 20GB drive in an old computer with a 60MHz Pentium. Could there be a bios restriction for large hard drives that is preventing me from accessing the partition. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Chad.
Sendmail DNS Problem???
I'm a newbie to sendmail and am installing for the first time. When sending a message to an account on the server I have no problem. But when I send to an external account I get a host name lookup failure. The domain I'm sending to doesn't matter because all the ones that I've tried has failed. The log entries for a message and the failure are below. I think that it has something to do with the Name server: entry, I think that there should probably be a name server listed after the : but I'm not sure and am looking for confirmation of my suspicious, or a correction. Also if someone could help me with the proper entries, or point me to where I can find the proper entries for sendmail.mc, sendmail.cf or otherwise. Thanks, Chad XX Aug 24 11:38:08 ns sendmail[247]: LAA00247: from=[EMAIL PROTECTED], size=1160, class=0, pri=31160, nrcpts=1, msgid=[EMAIL PROTECTED], proto=SMTP, relay=adsl-gte-la-216-86-195-145.mminternet.com [216.86.195.145] Aug 24 11:39:54 ns sendmail[249]: LAA00247: to=[EMAIL PROTECTED], ctladdr=[EMAIL PROTECTED] (1000/1000), delay=00:01:46, xdelay=00:01:46, mailer=relay, relay=n, stat=Deferred: Name server: n: host name lookup failure