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Hello,

the DNS entries of all NAS boxes are ok... aren't they?

# for n in 03 04 11 15 16 17 18 21 22 24 ; do getent hosts f01-001-1$n 
10.65.1.1$n ; done
10.65.1.103     f01-001-103.gridka.de
10.65.1.103     f01-001-103.gridka.de
10.65.1.104     f01-001-104.gridka.de
10.65.1.104     f01-001-104.gridka.de
10.65.1.111     f01-001-111.gridka.de
10.65.1.111     f01-001-111.gridka.de
10.65.1.115     f01-001-115.gridka.de
10.65.1.115     f01-001-115.gridka.de
10.65.1.116     f01-001-116.gridka.de
10.65.1.116     f01-001-116.gridka.de
10.65.1.117     f01-001-117.gridka.de
10.65.1.117     f01-001-117.gridka.de
10.65.1.118     f01-001-118.gridka.de
10.65.1.118     f01-001-118.gridka.de
10.65.1.121     f01-001-121.gridka.de
10.65.1.121     f01-001-121.gridka.de
10.65.1.122     f01-001-122.gridka.de
10.65.1.122     f01-001-122.gridka.de
10.65.1.124     f01-001-124.gridka.de
10.65.1.124     f01-001-124.gridka.de

and

> bash-2.05a$ nslookup f01-001-115.gridka.de
> Note:  nslookup is deprecated and may be removed from future releases.
> Consider using the `dig' or `host' programs instead.  Run nslookup with
> the `-sil[ent]' option to prevent this message from appearing.
> Server:         10.97.1.191
> Address:        10.97.1.191#53
>
> Name:   f01-001-115.gridka.de
> Address: 10.65.1.115
>
> bash-2.05a$ nslookup 10.65.1.115
> Note:  nslookup is deprecated and may be removed from future releases.
> Consider using the `dig' or `host' programs instead.  Run nslookup with
> the `-sil[ent]' option to prevent this message from appearing.
> Server:         10.97.1.191
> Address:        10.97.1.191#53
>
> 115.1.65.10.in-addr.arpa        name = f01-001-115.gridka.de.


Cheers,
   Gregory

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, abh wrote:

> Hi Gregory,
>> 
>> However is that something you expect with the new versions and not the 
>> older ones? If I use the older xrootd version then it works fine still.
> The way the name resolution worked changed between versions with newer 
> versions returning a null pointer if the lookup failed (older versions just 
> returned the ip address in character form). Unfortunately, that had the 
> side-effect of crashing anyone who didn't check foir a null pointer. The 
> update now prints a nasty error message and exits the program. I suppose we 
> technically don't need the name and could use the ascii form of theip address 
> but without a real name the security stuff gets mucked up. We made the 
> assumption that there really was no reason to use unregistered machines (well 
> in production practice anyway). You can, of course, say that is not a 
> reasonable restriction.
>
> Andy
>
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