George Gallen on 20 Mar 2006 20:48:19 -0000


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[PLUG] DNS question

Title: DNS question

I have a PC with IIS/ftp server enabled for anonymous ftp logins.

If I type (from linux): ftp IP-ADDRESS-OF-SERVER  it comes right up
If I type                   ftp lpgeorge, it pauses for about 2-3 seconds, then comes up

lpgeorge is defined in /etc/hosts as IP-ADDRESS-OF-SERVER
and /etc/host.conf is order hosts,bind

So why would there be a DNS query if it's supposed to check /etc/hosts first,
  and I know the IP in /etc/hosts matches IP-ADDRESS-OF-SERVER, since
  the ftp lpgeorge works, just takes a few seconds longer

George

George Gallen
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Accounting/Data Division
ggallen@slackinc.com
ph:856.848.1000 Ext 220

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