Just wondering how come such a file became improper suddently?
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Hidong Kim wrote:
> Hi, Chuck and Philippe,
>
> Thanks for the info. I didn't have the proper /etc/host.conf. Now it's
> working fine. Thanks!
>
>
>
> Hidong
>
>
>
> Philippe Moutarlier wrote:
> >
> > It might be that the machines are trying to use DNS for connecting and
> > somehow your primary DNS server doesn't work properly.
> >
> > Only when it times out on the first, it goes to the second which might work better.
> > Once the name is resolved, things are going OK.
> >
> > To check that you can :
> >
> > - give the IP directly to the connection
> >
> > - add the name/IP of your local machines to /etc/hosts and make sure your
>/etc/host.conf reads:
> >
> > order hosts,bind
> >
> > - try to ping you primary DNS server.
> >
> > Philippe
> >
> > Hidong Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > My network of three Linux Red Hat 6.0 machines has become very slow all
> > > of the sudden. When I try to telnet or ftp between the machines, it
> > > takes about a minute for the login prompt to come up. When it does come
> > > up and I log in, working in the remote session seems to go at normal
> > > speed. It seems like making that initial connection is really slow. I
> > > also see this in netscape. When I launch netscape, the browser window
> > > comes up quick. But then when I click a link or click to check e-mail,
> > > netscape hangs for about a minute before the next window comes up.
> > > After this initial slowness, things seem fine. What could be the reason
> > > for this initial slowness to make network connections? Here's the
> > > /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny for all three machines:
> > >
> > > #
> > > # hosts.allow This file describes the names of the hosts which are
> > > # allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
> > > # by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
> > > #
> > >
> > > in.telnetd :LOCAL
> > > in.ftpd :LOCAL
> > >
> > >
> > > #
> > > # hosts.deny This file describes the names of the hosts which are
> > > # *not* allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
> > > # by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
> > > #
> > > # The portmap line is redundant, but it is left to remind you that
> > > # the new secure portmap uses hosts.deny and hosts.allow. In particular
> > > # you should know that NFS uses portmap!
> > >
> > > #ALL: ALL
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hidong
> > >
> > >
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