On Wednesday 14 July 2004 13:02, Alexander Dalloz wrote: >Am Mi, den 14.07.2004 schrieb Gene Heskett um 18:46: >> >=== [root@P4 root]# cat /etc/hosts >> ># Do not remove the following line, or various programs >> ># that require network functionality will fail. >> >192.168.0.1 P4.AAA P4 >> >127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost >> >================================================================= >> >=== >> >> And you *still* do not have "AAA" setup as an alias in your hosts >> file. >> You have an alias P4, but thats _not_ AAA. >> >> That line should look like this: >> 192.168.0.1 P4.AAA P4 AAA >> >> Whats so hard to understand about that? > >Gene, > >I must confess that I do not understand that either. What should > that do? As far as I understood Philippe AAA is his internal domain > name. AAA is no short name of one of his hosts. > >And the mailq command does not report an issue with the AAA domain > but with fcomfrench.com domain lookup. > >Alexander I was under the impression that it was a localmail problem all along, (like amanda trying to send root a message) in which case mail sent to AAA, must have the AAA defined in the hosts file, or as an entry in a dns record in some machine known to AAA. The point being that if AAA is unknown, then the dns of record (from resolv.conf) is going to be consulted for the resolution of the address represented by AAA. At least thats how I've understood it for over a decade now. Sorry if I was mistaken, and please educate me if you have the time. -- Cheers, Gene There are 4 boxes to be used in defense of liberty. Soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order, starting now. -Ed Howdershelt, Author Additions to this message made by Gene Heskett are Copyright 2004, Maurice E. Heskett, all rights reserved.
