Followup-For: Bug #303595 Package: lftp Version: 3.5.0-1 Regarding Alexander V. Lukyanov's reply and workaround,
> Most probably lftp tries to resolve the name to IPv6 address. > You can disable it with: > > set dns:order inet I can say that it doesn't seem to work here at all. ~$ grep 10.1.1.5 /etc/hosts 10.1.1.5 stinky.localdomain stinky ~$ cat /etc/host.conf order hosts,bind multi on ~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf search localdomain nameserver 127.0.0.1 ~$ ping 10.1.1.5 PING 10.1.1.5 (10.1.1.5) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 10.1.1.5: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=1.27 ms 64 bytes from 10.1.1.5: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=0.179 ms --- 10.1.1.5 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1000ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.179/0.729/1.279/0.550 ms ~$ ping stinky PING stinky.localdomain (10.1.1.5) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from stinky.localdomain (10.1.1.5): icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=0.177 ms 64 bytes from stinky.localdomain (10.1.1.5): icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=0.208 ms --- stinky.localdomain ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1000ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.177/0.192/0.208/0.020 ms ~$ grep dns:order /etc/lftp.conf /home/b/.lftprc /etc/lftp.conf:set dns:order inet /home/b/.lftprc:set dns:order "inet" And it is picking up the last entry above: ~$ strace lftp 2>&1 | grep open (snip) open("/etc/lftp.conf", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE) = 4 open("/home/b/.lftprc", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE) = 4 open("/home/b/.lftp/rl_history", O_RDONLY) = 4 open("/etc/inputrc", O_RDONLY) = 4 open("/home/b/.inputrc", O_RDONLY) = 4 Yet: ~$ lftp stinky open: host name resolve timeout And surprisingly: ~$ lftp 10.1.1.5 lftp: host name resolve timeout -- Brian Clark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]