Re: dns and exim troubles ...
cat /etc/resolv.conf
what dows it say ? it should point to a working DNS
to check if that DNS is up and running:
nslookup - x.y.w.z
where x.y.w.z is the IP address of the named daemon you are pointing to
at the > prompt ask to resolve your hostname (fully qualified ending with a
dot e.g. www.debian.org. )
if the DNS (named) is on your box, check that the process is up
ps -ef |grep bind
and/or do
netstat -an |grep 53
and verify that you have a listening socket on tcp and udp port 53.
Ciao Bob Alexander
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ingo Hohmann" <ingo@2b1.de>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2001 3:30
Subject: dns and exim troubles ...
> Hi y'all,
>
> I've got some trouble with DNS and exim, and I hope someone'll
> be able to help me on my way ...
>
> I am running a testing version of Debian right now, but the
> problem was there even when running Debian 2.2r0.
>
> OK, so now what happens?
>
> if I try to
>
> telnet smrgol smtp
>
> (with smrgol being my local host) it takes about half a minute
> until I get the "... connected to ..." message, and about the
> same time until I get the exim greeting.
>
> If I, instead, use the IP address, I am instantly connected,
> and then it takes some time to start exim.
>
> (BTW, exim is handled by inetd).
>
>
> Any ideas where the problem might be?
>
>
> kind regards,
>
> Ingo
>
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