RE: what is going on??
[quote] ...that there are still quite a few 'broken' DNS servers out there. 'Broken' with respect to servicing IPv6 requests. [/quote] Actually, when you mention it that way, that makes pretty good sense as to what my situation then was. The server I was specifying was a *very* old metaip 4.1 DNS server, and its quite possible it was answering the ipv6 queries with a simple "u". However, im fairly certain that the hangup was not with SSH (SSH just happened to be the lat daemon successfully started, thus the last thing printed to the screen), but sendmail. The maillog had a few lines saying unable to get ipv6 name, or something like that. Cheers, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: what is going on??
Garrett Cooper wrote: Jonathan Horne wrote: Thanks for the replies everyone. It turned out to be partially ipv6, partially the ipfw on my pfsense firewall. Ultimately, the hangup was in sendmail, unable to start. Ipv6 messages in the logevel 20 maillogs. However, during all my troubles, I was always able to resolve ftp.freebsd.org (I don't think I mentioned that before), as well as I could ping it and any number of other hosts as I scratched my head for 3 hours. Ultimately, I ended up compiling a new kernel anyway to enable SMP, and I just removed the ipv6 support while I was there. That and disabling the userlan ftp-proxy application on my firewall, I was up and running this morning within a few hours of compiling. So long fedora! :D jonathan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Schuele Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 8:50 PM To: Jonathan Horne Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what is going on?? Jonathan Horne wrote: last night i took down my fedora sever to migrate it to freebsd 6.0. ive done numerous tests on dev boxes in the past weeks getting ready for this event, and they were all successful test installs. i had all my services down and i knew what i was supposed to be doing. however, when i get to first boot, the machine says: starting sshd. and hangs for a few minutes. if i hit ctrl-c i see that sendmail is having trouble starting. i have a good DNS server listed, and the format of the /etc/hosts file is correct. now im having trouble getting pkg_add -r to work, everything to ftp.freebsd.org times out. im in a bad situation, as the server i took down hosts all my personal email accoutns (i had to add gmail just to even try to read the lsits). can someone shed some light for me here?? My .02 cents: Double check your name resolution functionality. Also, seems I had trouble once upon a time with IPV6 causing similar issues as well. But that was quite some time ago. thanks jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Could have just turned the firewall off I would think in /etc/rc.conf. Don't see why recompiling a kernel without ipv6 support was necessary as that shouldn't have been preventing network connections at all. FWIW... I had trouble with name resolution when IPv6 was enabled, long time back. It was explained to me (by Kris I think) that there are still quite a few 'broken' DNS servers out there. 'Broken' with respect to servicing IPv6 requests. So your name resolver would seem to get hung up till it timed out (when you had IPv6 built in). So the solution for me at the time, was simply remove it from my kernel config file. I've done so ever since, as I do not *need* IPv6. It wasn't 'preventing network connections'... it was causing sshd to hang while trying to resolve something. HTH Good luck with FreeBSD :). -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Regards, Eric ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: what is going on??
Jonathan Horne wrote: Thanks for the replies everyone. It turned out to be partially ipv6, partially the ipfw on my pfsense firewall. Ultimately, the hangup was in sendmail, unable to start. Ipv6 messages in the logevel 20 maillogs. However, during all my troubles, I was always able to resolve ftp.freebsd.org (I don't think I mentioned that before), as well as I could ping it and any number of other hosts as I scratched my head for 3 hours. Ultimately, I ended up compiling a new kernel anyway to enable SMP, and I just removed the ipv6 support while I was there. That and disabling the userlan ftp-proxy application on my firewall, I was up and running this morning within a few hours of compiling. So long fedora! :D jonathan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Schuele Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 8:50 PM To: Jonathan Horne Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what is going on?? Jonathan Horne wrote: last night i took down my fedora sever to migrate it to freebsd 6.0. ive done numerous tests on dev boxes in the past weeks getting ready for this event, and they were all successful test installs. i had all my services down and i knew what i was supposed to be doing. however, when i get to first boot, the machine says: starting sshd. and hangs for a few minutes. if i hit ctrl-c i see that sendmail is having trouble starting. i have a good DNS server listed, and the format of the /etc/hosts file is correct. now im having trouble getting pkg_add -r to work, everything to ftp.freebsd.org times out. im in a bad situation, as the server i took down hosts all my personal email accoutns (i had to add gmail just to even try to read the lsits). can someone shed some light for me here?? My .02 cents: Double check your name resolution functionality. Also, seems I had trouble once upon a time with IPV6 causing similar issues as well. But that was quite some time ago. thanks jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Could have just turned the firewall off I would think in /etc/rc.conf. Don't see why recompiling a kernel without ipv6 support was necessary as that shouldn't have been preventing network connections at all. Good luck with FreeBSD :). -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: what is going on??
Thanks for the replies everyone. It turned out to be partially ipv6, partially the ipfw on my pfsense firewall. Ultimately, the hangup was in sendmail, unable to start. Ipv6 messages in the logevel 20 maillogs. However, during all my troubles, I was always able to resolve ftp.freebsd.org (I don't think I mentioned that before), as well as I could ping it and any number of other hosts as I scratched my head for 3 hours. Ultimately, I ended up compiling a new kernel anyway to enable SMP, and I just removed the ipv6 support while I was there. That and disabling the userlan ftp-proxy application on my firewall, I was up and running this morning within a few hours of compiling. So long fedora! :D jonathan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Schuele Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 8:50 PM To: Jonathan Horne Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what is going on?? Jonathan Horne wrote: > last night i took down my fedora sever to migrate it to freebsd 6.0. ive > done numerous tests on dev boxes in the past weeks getting ready for this > event, and they were all successful test installs. i had all my services > down and i knew what i was supposed to be doing. > > however, when i get to first boot, the machine says: > > starting sshd. > > and hangs for a few minutes. if i hit ctrl-c i see that sendmail is having > trouble starting. i have a good DNS server listed, and the format of the > /etc/hosts file is correct. > > now im having trouble getting pkg_add -r to work, everything to > ftp.freebsd.org times out. > > im in a bad situation, as the server i took down hosts all my personal email > accoutns (i had to add gmail just to even try to read the lsits). > > can someone shed some light for me here?? My .02 cents: Double check your name resolution functionality. Also, seems I had trouble once upon a time with IPV6 causing similar issues as well. But that was quite some time ago. > > thanks > jonathan > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- Regards, Eric ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: what is going on??
Jonathan Horne wrote: last night i took down my fedora sever to migrate it to freebsd 6.0. ive done numerous tests on dev boxes in the past weeks getting ready for this event, and they were all successful test installs. i had all my services down and i knew what i was supposed to be doing. however, when i get to first boot, the machine says: starting sshd. and hangs for a few minutes. if i hit ctrl-c i see that sendmail is having trouble starting. i have a good DNS server listed, and the format of the /etc/hosts file is correct. now im having trouble getting pkg_add -r to work, everything to ftp.freebsd.org times out. im in a bad situation, as the server i took down hosts all my personal email accoutns (i had to add gmail just to even try to read the lsits). can someone shed some light for me here?? My .02 cents: Double check your name resolution functionality. Also, seems I had trouble once upon a time with IPV6 causing similar issues as well. But that was quite some time ago. thanks jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Regards, Eric ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: what is going on??
On Friday 24 March 2006 16:47, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 10:10:04AM -0600, Jonathan Horne wrote: > > last night i took down my fedora sever to migrate it to freebsd 6.0. ive > > done numerous tests on dev boxes in the past weeks getting ready for this > > event, and they were all successful test installs. i had all my services > > down and i knew what i was supposed to be doing. > > > > however, when i get to first boot, the machine says: > > > > starting sshd. > > > > and hangs for a few minutes. if i hit ctrl-c i see that sendmail is having > > trouble starting. i have a good DNS server listed, and the format of the > > /etc/hosts file is correct. > > > > now im having trouble getting pkg_add -r to work, everything to > > ftp.freebsd.org times out. > > > > im in a bad situation, as the server i took down hosts all my personal email > > accoutns (i had to add gmail just to even try to read the lsits). > > > > can someone shed some light for me here?? > > Your DNS server is not, in fact, working. > > Kris > FWIW, I had a similar problem not too long ago. Turned out I had a typo in my dns server address. Lot of trouble, easy fix. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: what is going on??
On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 10:10:04AM -0600, Jonathan Horne wrote: > last night i took down my fedora sever to migrate it to freebsd 6.0. ive > done numerous tests on dev boxes in the past weeks getting ready for this > event, and they were all successful test installs. i had all my services > down and i knew what i was supposed to be doing. > > however, when i get to first boot, the machine says: > > starting sshd. > > and hangs for a few minutes. if i hit ctrl-c i see that sendmail is having > trouble starting. i have a good DNS server listed, and the format of the > /etc/hosts file is correct. > > now im having trouble getting pkg_add -r to work, everything to > ftp.freebsd.org times out. > > im in a bad situation, as the server i took down hosts all my personal email > accoutns (i had to add gmail just to even try to read the lsits). > > can someone shed some light for me here?? Your DNS server is not, in fact, working. Kris pgp7BXRBpVixc.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: what is going on??
Jonathan Horne wrote: last night i took down my fedora sever to migrate it to freebsd 6.0. ive done numerous tests on dev boxes in the past weeks getting ready for this event, and they were all successful test installs. i had all my services down and i knew what i was supposed to be doing. however, when i get to first boot, the machine says: starting sshd. and hangs for a few minutes. if i hit ctrl-c i see that sendmail is having trouble starting. i have a good DNS server listed, and the format of the /etc/hosts file is correct. now im having trouble getting pkg_add -r to work, everything to ftp.freebsd.org times out. im in a bad situation, as the server i took down hosts all my personal email accoutns (i had to add gmail just to even try to read the lsits). can someone shed some light for me here?? thanks jonathan Have you tried pinging a machine in the outside world? It sounds like DNS/ARP isn't resolving properly, maybe or the DNS server you use is currently not working. Also, for sshd, do you have the UseDNS option enabled? It seemed to affect client side stuff (ie client connecting to a server with UseDNS enabled), but maybe it's affecting your server =\... -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
