On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 11:57:48AM +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > Henry Nelson dixit: > >Sorry for the noise. It's some kind of DNS problem, but I can't see > >what's different from the Windows setup and the unix host. > > The resolver?
Thanks. This was a very educational post (to me anyway). > 1|[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ host -v running_on_alcohol.tripod.com > Query about running_on_alcohol.tripod.com for record types A > Trying running_on_alcohol.tripod.com ... > Query done, 1 answer, status: no error > The following answer is not authoritative: > running_on_alcohol.tripod.com 1754 IN A 209.202.226.100 But if this is true, then why can't I substitue the numerical IP for the site name, i.e., "http://209.202.226.100/id4.html";? This allows Lynx to connect, but to the wrong page: "Tripod | Error". > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ dnsip running_on_alcohol.tripod.com > 209.202.226.100 > > I guess we should be looking that up in the RFCs, and then > possibly file a bug against the BSD libcs' resolvers, and > maybe check with the BIND people (at least for BIND 4, which Thinking about it, I'm using my provider's name servers. I thought Windows was too. The unix host has BIND 9.3.0 installed, but the daemon is not running (only /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf files). Anyway, Lynx is in good shape. (Now I know why it's good to have a port to Windows.) __Henry _______________________________________________ Lynx-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
