Re: [9fans] dns suddenly not working

["Joel C. Salomon" <joelcsalomon@gmail.com>]

On 4/25/07, Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net> wrote:
> not sure I really understand the problem but it looks as though
> you didn't get a dns= record in /net/ndb (with the new ipconfig).

Actually, as maters stand now, when /rc/bin/termrc calls ndb/dns -rf
$NDBFILE, I get the message
	ndb/dns: can't read my ip address
My /lib/ndb/local (which $NDBFILE properly resolves to) includes the
following lines:
	…
	ip=199.98.17.238 sys=hymie dom=hymie.cc.cooper.edu
		ether=00d0…
		dns=paperweight dnsdom=paperweight.cooper.edu
		…
	ip=199.98.16.9 sys=paperweight dom=paperweight.cooper.edu
	…
I've checked with the school network administrators; the dns server is
paperweight.cooper.edu at an ip address of 199.98.16.9, and thins
invocation kept dns happy until this week.

What should I change those lines to?

Side question:  In general, do I use
	sys=name dom=name.dom.org
or
	sys=name dom=dom.org
to make dns recognize the enry correctly?

> You could also check that ip/cs is able to
> find a dns server for your machine:
>         ndb/ipquery sys $sysname dns
> and try repeating this using
>         ndb/ipquery ip 1.2.3.4 dns
> where 1.2.3.4 is your IP address

In both cases I get
	dns=paperweight
-- is that what it should read?

--Joel