cat /etc/resolv.conf what dows it say ? it should point to a working DNS
to check if that DNS is up and running: nslookup - x.y.w.z where x.y.w.z is the IP address of the named daemon you are pointing to at the > prompt ask to resolve your hostname (fully qualified ending with a dot e.g. www.debian.org. ) if the DNS (named) is on your box, check that the process is up ps -ef |grep bind and/or do netstat -an |grep 53 and verify that you have a listening socket on tcp and udp port 53. Ciao Bob Alexander ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ingo Hohmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2001 3:30 Subject: dns and exim troubles ... > Hi y'all, > > I've got some trouble with DNS and exim, and I hope someone'll > be able to help me on my way ... > > I am running a testing version of Debian right now, but the > problem was there even when running Debian 2.2r0. > > OK, so now what happens? > > if I try to > > telnet smrgol smtp > > (with smrgol being my local host) it takes about half a minute > until I get the "... connected to ..." message, and about the > same time until I get the exim greeting. > > If I, instead, use the IP address, I am instantly connected, > and then it takes some time to start exim. > > (BTW, exim is handled by inetd). > > > Any ideas where the problem might be? > > > kind regards, > > Ingo > > -- > YES! That's just me, just being! http://www.2b1.de/ > We ARE all ONE --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- We ARE all FREE > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
