Rob, Syslogd does name lookups. (See man page for -x) Probably the quickest way to find out if there is a lookup problem is to go to the log server and type: getent hosts xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and see which name you get. Is venus/aphrodite defined (with the IP pointing to Aphrodte) in the system logger machine (/etc/hosts) or is it defined in DNS? If so, is the reverse lookup zone for the IP address setup with the name Aphrodite or Venus? And finally are you running name service cache demon (nscd)? (My man page does a marginal job of describing the behavior of nscd.) If so, /usr/sbin/nscd -i hosts will invalidate and rebuild the host cache.
Also, check /etc/nsswitch.conf to see what the lookup order is for hosts. The more versatile networking becomes the more complicated problems with forward and reverse name lookups get. Hope this helps. Rick Carroll -----Original Message----- From: Rob Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 6:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RH List] Re: A Troublesome Little Problem with Syslog At 04:04 PM 1/7/2003 -0700, you wrote: >Rob Wright wrote: > >>Yes I have, that's what's puzzling me about it. > > I almost want to say it didn't get rebooted, but if you say you did... > > I have my server name show up in two places, once in > /etc/sysconfig/network, and once in my /etc/hosts - so if your syslog is > picking up the old name, you have somethign else gonig on. Do you have > NIS nistalled (and running)? It was re-booted I'm sure. That seems like it should be the trick though. I'll take an opportunity to re-boot it again, maybe later this evening, and see if that does the trick. I do not have NIS running. Thanks, rob -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
