the strange thing is that it indexed some files from that server. but when it reached a certain file, it gave that error.
so, i think the host is up and running, but somewhere along the line, it stopped indexing it. At 11:07 AM 5/23/2002, Gilles Detillieux wrote: >According to Peter Choe: > > when htdig runs to index my website, some directories are not being > > indexed. i have a log file and it gives me an: > > > > unknow host: foo.bar.com host not found. > > > > after that file, everything else comes up with 'no server running' and > > 'unable to contact host'. > > > > why i am getting this and how can i fix it? > >The initial error, "Unknown host: ... host not found", indicates that >the name lookup for foo.bar.com failed, so htdig was unable to obtain >an IP address for it. After any failure to connect to a host, htdig >marks that host as "dead" for the duration of the dig, so it's not >continually trying to recontact a host that is unlikely to respond. >That's why for all subsequent requests for this host, it simply states >"no server running". > >The fix is to make sure the server is up and running again, and the >name server for its domain name is responding to name lookups properly, >then rerun htdig. > >-- >Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/ >Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada) > >_______________________________________________________________ > >Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference >August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm > >_______________________________________________ >htdig-general mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To unsubscribe, send a message to ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with a subject of unsubscribe >FAQ: http://htdig.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ htdig-general mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with a subject of unsubscribe FAQ: http://htdig.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html
