Re: host versus nslookup

2011-10-12 Thread listmail
On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:33:30 +0700, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote > If you're concern about what address programs gets when they resolve > host names, then getent is a better choice as it also respects > nsswitch.conf and hosts file. > According to the (almost useless) manpage for getent, all it does is

Re: TTLs and Timeout Question

2011-03-29 Thread listmail
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:52:49 -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote > > From: "listmail" > > > > I'm investigating the failure of a slave server during a network outage at a > > primary server. > > > > The SOA TTL was 1 week on most zones, but the indivi

TTLs and Timeout Question

2011-03-29 Thread listmail
I'm investigating the failure of a slave server during a network outage at a primary server. The slave server was running and answering queries, but not delivering results for domains for which it is authoritative during the outage. Since the outage occurred in the middle of the night, I have no t