Re: What shared library is getaddrinfo() in?
On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 12:33:18PM -0400, Stan Brown wrote:
> I have a new potato (with 2.4.9 kernel) machine that flatly will not
> rlogin to itslef. It rlgin's to other machines just fine, and ohter
> machines can rlogin to it fine.
>
> I think the problem may be in the libraty routine getaddrinfo()
>
> What shared library contains this?
It's in libc6.
> I have a working machine that is configure similarly, and I'm
> thinnking of pulling over that shared library for it to try.
Chances are that it's some other DNS configuration issue, possibly the
combination of a lack of a reverse (IP -> name) lookup for that machine
and paranoid TCP wrapper checking. I wouldn't try replacing libc6 until
you've exhausted all other avenues of investigation.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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