cluther@supernet.haus.com (Clay Luther) (01/03/91)
Well, we brought down our SparcStation last night, but during reboot he ran into a deadly problem. When the network daemons started, keyserv(?) starting polling an unknown name server for our domain "haus.com". We don't have a name server for "haus.com", being a closed site with only uucp connections to the outside world. The only place "haus.com" appears, to my knowledge since I put it there, is in sendmail.cf. As of this writing, he is still polling some unidentified name server for the haus.com domain. If I knew who he was trying to talk to, I might be able to set up something to reply. The program apparently will not let go of the machine and allow the reboot to continue until he gets an answer. This IMHO is just plain stupid. After a few tries, he should give up!!!!! How can I get keyserv/NIS to stop asking for the damn name server? How can I get around this problem and reboot the machine? Why is he asking for name service in the first place? Did he read sendmail.cf? Bewildered, and just plain mad, -- Clay Luther, Postmaster cluther@supernet.haus.com Harris Adacom Corporation cluther@enigma.haus.com Voice: 214/386-2356 MS 23, PO Box 809022, Dallas, Tx 75380-9022 Fax: 214/386-2159 Your mileage may vary. Void where prohibited.