I don't know why your DNS resolution is stopping, but I can tell you that quite a few Analog users rely on one of the helper applications for DNS lookups listed at "http://www.analog.cx/helpers/#dns";.
-- Duke Hillard Julian Simpson wrote: >Hi, > >I have been happily using analog on and off for the past few years. > >Yesterday I realised that there was a web server in our site that wasn't >being processed, so I fished all the logs down, ran analog 5.22 on them and >went home. 24 hours later they were still processing so I trussed the >process and realised that the DNS lookings were slowing it down. > >That didn't bother me as there were many many IP addresses to process. >After some testing I realised that all reverse lookups were failing. What >appears to happen is that I start analog, and it processes reasonably fast: > ># make processprodimageslogs >/ext/logs/analog +V +C"CONFIGFILE prodimages.cfg" >/ext/logs/analog: analog version 5.22/Unix >/ext/logs/analog: Warning F: Failed to open configuration file > /ext/logs/cfg/analog.cfg: ignoring it > (For help on all errors and warnings, see docs/errors.html) >F: Opening /ext/logs/cfg/prodimages.cfg as configuration file >F: Opening /ext/logs/cfg/generic.cfg as configuration file >D: Looking up 194.176.214.121: >D: resolved to modem-214-121.vip.uk.com >D: Looking up 172.186.35.83: >D: resolved to ACBA2353.ipt.aol.com >D: Looking up 217.28.129.105: >D: can't resolve >D: Looking up 213.1.77.215: >D: resolved to host213-1-77-215.in-addr.btopenworld.com >D: Looking up 195.129.126.151: >D: can't resolve >D: Looking up 213.122.155.143: >D: resolved to host213-122-155-143.in-addr.btopenworld.com >D: Looking up 213.1.75.235: >D: resolved to host213-1-75-235.in-addr.btopenworld.com >D: Looking up 213.123.11.99: >D: resolved to host213-123-11-99.in-addr.btopenworld.com > >But, after running for one or two minutes, no lookups work. > >D: Looking up 212.126.149.163: >D: can't resolve >D: Looking up 217.35.144.37: >D: can't resolve >D: Looking up 212.229.10.79: >D: can't resolve >D: Looking up 195.40.206.81: >D: can't resolve >D: Looking up 195.182.163.64: >D: can't resolve >D: Looking up 213.107.237.173: >D: can't resolve >D: Looking up 212.134.22.98: >D: can't resolve > >However, if I take the last entries from the DNS cache and look them up, my >resolver can resolve the reverses! > ># for i in `tail -5 dns/dnscache | cut -d" " -f 2`^Jdo^Jnslookup $i^Jdone | >egrep -v "Server|10.120|^$" >Name: soozan.demon.co.uk >Address: 212.229.10.79 >Name: tnt-1-81.easynet.co.uk >Address: 195.40.206.81 >Name: cvx163-64.dccl.net >Address: 195.182.163.64 >Name: m429-mp1-cvx1c.col.ntl.com >Address: 213.107.237.173 >Name: tnt-13-98.easynet.co.uk >Address: 212.134.22.98 > >I had put a 1 second DNS timeout on just so the logs would get processed, >but that doesn't explain why it works and then stops. > >I am running Solaris 8, Generic_108528-13. Any suggestions are gratefully >recieved! > >Best, > >Julian. > >+------------------------------------------------------------------------ >| This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this >| mailing list, go to >| http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html >| >| List archives are available at >| http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >| http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/archives/ >| http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.7 >+------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this | mailing list, go to | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | List archives are available at | http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/archives/ | http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.7 +------------------------------------------------------------------------
