On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Derek Ragona < de...@computinginnovations.com> wrote:
> At 09:40 AM 2/28/2009, Andrei Brezan wrote: > >> Hello list, >> >> I have a strange problem and I don't know what to relate it to. My >> ISP >> changed my IP from (eg) 10.1.1.1 to 15.1.1.1. I have changed my zone >> files to reflect that change. >> >> "dig -t mx domain.com" results in mail.domain.com 3600 IN A 15.1.1.1 >> (the new ip). However when i try: >> >> "ping mail.domain.com" it tries to get to 10.1.1.1 the old ip and gets >> time to live exceeded fro an ip along the route. When i try to ping >> domain.com it gets all ok as it pings the new ip. I've also tried dig >> @(forwarders in named.conf) and they to got the correct mx dns entry for >> domain.com. >> In rc.conf i have hostname="mail.domain.com" (eg), i haven't >> changed >> it, i'm thinking it's something related to hostid or hostuid but i don't >> know where to search for this topic. >> If anyone has a clue what to try or where to look upon this >> behavior >> please shed some light. >> >> Thank you. >> >> > Check /etc/hosts which is used before DNS. > > -Derek > Depends on your nsswitch.conf(5) setup. If dns is specified before files, DNS will be checked before /etc/hosts will be. It's all configurable and it's important to know the difference _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
