On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 05:25:00PM +0300, michaelm wrote: > On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 03:21:32PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 03:47:13PM +0300, michaelm wrote: > > > There's a noticeable delay (about a minute or a bit less) for starting > > > exim at boot when the eth0 here is not connected to a switch. If it's > > > plugged, it normally starts immediately. > > > > Sounds like DNS issue. Does your system know how to find out the host > > name from its IP address without refering to the external DNS? > > It seems it tries to resolve the hostname into an ip without looking into > /etc/hosts,
Please show your /etc/hosts and your /etc/nsswitch.conf. I have never seen exim ignore /etc/hosts. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
