This sounds like address translation lossage. Try a numeric address.
Are there any known library problems that would cause this? The server is
running Linux kernel 2.2.16, libc version 2.1.3.
It's highly likely :-) My systems are all FreeBSD and NetBSD. Still,
even without libc-of-the-week flakiness, I've had problems that seem
somewhat similar. I suspect that something in venus isn't 100% right
with respect to hostname lookup, but I have never figured it out.
If I were faced with your problem, I'd look at
coda-src/venus/comm.c:210, and then add more robust error checking and
diagnostics above. For example, there are no diagnostics if
gethostbyname fails, and the following might help:
Index: comm.cc
===================================================================
RCS file: /coda-src/coda/coda-src/venus/comm.cc,v
retrieving revision 4.63
diff -u -u -r4.63 comm.cc
--- comm.cc 2000/10/18 12:14:37 4.63
+++ comm.cc 2000/10/20 14:31:37
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@
s = new srvent(&addr, 1);
} else if ((h = gethostbyname(ServerName)) != NULL) {
s = new srvent((struct in_addr *)h->h_addr, 1);
+ } else {
+ eprint("Couldn't get IP address for Server %s", ServerName);
}
if (s != NULL) {
srvent::srvtab->insert(&s->tblhandle);
