From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:17:43 -0400 From: presotto@plan9.bell-labs.com presotto@plan9.bell-labs.com Subject: [9fans] nfs server Topicbox-Message-UUID: 94375da6-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Message-ID: <19990412131743.946MeKTjkIRqh29gZwvlI31JxLTyadWkoP2EHDw_uQU@z> dnsquery does perform reverse domain name lookups. When it sees a query like 204.178.31.2 ptr it actually reformats it into the query, 2.31.178.204.in-addr.arpa ptr and then traverses the domain name space looking for an answer. To get one, you'll have to make sure that the /lib/ndb files point to a root that can resolve the reverse query, i.e., knows what to do with the in-addr.arpa domain.