Strange resolver behavior

Tue Feb 12 20:02:56 PST 2008

On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 07:52:31PM -0800, Xin LI wrote:
> Forgot to mention, this happens only with recent FreeBSD versions.  With
> host(1) from earlier BIND versions there is no problem...  I have tried
> the same command on an old Linux installation:
> 
> $ host ps_other.a.shifen.com
> ps_other.a.shifen.com has address 202.108.22.46

FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE (tim) #0: Sat Dec  4 13:00:20 EST 2004

[~] root at tim>host ps_other.a.shifen.com
ps_other.a.shifen.com has address 202.108.22.46
Host ps_other.a.shifen.com not found: 2(SERVFAIL)

Try "host -v", it gives you all the questions and answers you need.

Edwin

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