Need help debugging either a network or a sendmail problem.

I have a weird problem. 526 hostname saturn.syslang.net 527 But, ... 527 perl -MNet::Domain -e 'print Net::Domain::hostfqdn(), \n' saturn.com 527 perl -MNet::Domain -e 'print Net::Domain::hostdomain(), \n' com 528 perl -MNet::Domain -e 'print Net::Domain::hostname(), \n' saturn And it

Re: Unkillable processes?

On 2/18/06, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That means they're in uninterruptable sleep ... Bad hardware or buggy device drivers are the most common cause of a process stuck in this state. Or, an NFS server from which this system mounted a file system has gone off the net. Oh, yah,

Re: Need help debugging either a network or a sendmail problem.

On 2/19/06, Steven W. Orr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 526 hostname saturn.syslang.net 527 [cut[ You might also try these: hostname -f hostname -s hostname -d hostname -a hostname -i And it takes almost 30 seconds to come back. Hmmm. Smells like a DNS problem. Try doing forward and

Hostname configuration (was: Need help debugging...)

On 2/19/06, Steven W. Orr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 526 hostname saturn.syslang.net When setting my system's hostname, I *prefer* (emphasis indicates a subjective opinion) to set the system's hostname to the short (unqualified) name. For example: $ hostname wildfire Then, I

[OT] The Stupid Apple Flamewar Strikes Back!

Short version: Apple builds DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) into MacOS-for-x86 to prevent it from running on non-Apple hardware. DRM gets cracked. Apple fan forum sites links to info on crack. Just *links*, mind you. In response, Apple's fires DMCA missles at the forums in question.

Re: Need help debugging either a network or a sendmail problem.

On Sunday, Feb 19th 2006 at 17:17 -0500, quoth Ben Scott: =On 2/19/06, Steven W. Orr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: = 526 hostname = saturn.syslang.net = 527 =[cut[ = = You might also try these: = =hostname -f =hostname -s =hostname -d =hostname -a =hostname -i I made the change you suggested below

Re: Need help debugging either a network or a sendmail problem.

On Sunday, Feb 19th 2006 at 17:17 -0500, quoth Ben Scott: =On 2/19/06, Steven W. Orr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: = 526 hostname = saturn.syslang.net = Also, make sure your /etc/resolv.conf file includes syslang.net as =one of the search domains. One more thing: I get my resolv.conf from rcn via

Re: Unkillable processes?

Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Feb 18, 2006, at 21:26, Paul Lussier wrote: One that's done, configure the NIC to use the exact same IP as the NFS server which suddenly disappeared. Did you try to bring up a virtual interface on the problem machine with the original server's

Re: Unkillable processes?

On 2/19/06, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Won't mounting the NFS filesystems with the soft,intr options prevent that from happening in the first place? If you have the O'Reilly book for NFS and NIS ... Let's assume I don't. Please explain. In the past, when working with NFS,

Re: Red Hat man pages and escape sequences

On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 19:45:19 -0500, Ben Scott wrote: What's the fix for when Red Hat derived systems (in the current case, my Fedora Core 4 desktop) display crap in man pages? [Suggestion of dumping FC for $OTHERDISTRO reconsidered and omitted.] This typically manifests as a highlighted

The dread Stale NFS file handle (was Unkillable processes? )

I have a devious, wave-the-dead-chicken voodoo hack that will sometimes save the day when you're suffering the dread Stale NFS file handle error. It only unwedges NFS clients, and only sometimes, but when you're foaming at the mouth with frustration it's a good trick to know. ( Hey, Paul - you

Re: Need help debugging either a network or a sendmail problem.

On 2/19/06, Steven W. Orr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I made the change you suggested below to the hosts file. [output from hostname commands cut] Okay, all of those look good. Did any of those hostname commands include a 30 second pause? [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# host saturn.syslang.net

Re: Hostname configuration (was: Need help debugging...)

Ben Scott wrote: For example, it was recently pointed out to me that, for the case of a 2LD has only one server, and that server handles only that domain, setting the system hostname to the 2LD means one does not have to configure certain other things to know the difference between the

Re: The dread Stale NFS file handle

Michael ODonnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The following explanation is presented from my perspective where I'm trying to regain access to my NFS mounted home directory but should be applicable in other contexts if you tweak the appropriate things: ASSUME: - Home directory resides

Re: Red Hat man pages and escape sequences

Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What's the fix for when Red Hat derived systems (in the current case, my Fedora Core 4 desktop) display crap in man pages? Fire up emacs, and either: M-x manRETname of commandRET or: C-h i to enter info mode, which the Gnu people seem to feel is

Re: Red Hat man pages and escape sequences

On 2/19/06, Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the fix for when Red Hat derived systems (in the current case, my Fedora Core 4 desktop) display crap in man pages? [Suggestion of dumping FC for $OTHERDISTRO reconsidered and omitted.] Avoiding controversy and debate? Come now.

Re: Red Hat man pages and escape sequences

On 2/19/06, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the fix for when Red Hat derived systems (in the current case, my Fedora Core 4 desktop) display crap in man pages? Fire up emacs, and either: M-x manRETname of commandRET Just FYI, that didn't fix anything, either. Neener,

Re: The dread Stale NFS file handle

Can you explain *why* this works? Nope. P.S. in case that smiley I included wasn't clear enough I should mention that (best we could determine) it was a nasty kernel NFS bug that was giving us fits at the time and nothing we could blame on Paul, try as we might!