From: mike@atlas.physchem.chemie.uni-tuebingen.de (Michael Kuch) Subject: Re: Possible libc 4.3.2 bug ! Date: 7 Mar 1993 03:33:25 GMT
gt2327c@prism.gatech.EDU (Brian Ricker) writes:
>In <1993Mar5.120220.18260@ccds3.ntu.edu.tw> root@linux.pc.ntu.edu.tw (System Previleged Account) writes:
>>Hello,
>> After upgrading to libc.so.4.3.2, I can't
>> ftp/telnet by hostname! ftp & telnet
>> hang if you give them hostnames. However,
>> ftp & telnet work fine with ip addresses.
>> Relink libc.so.4 back to libc.so.4.3 solves
>> the problem. Any suggestions?
>I have the same problem, with all the stuff in /etc (NOT in /etc/inet).
>It works fine if I give it an IP addr but hangs on hostnames.
>Any help will be appriciated
I had the same problem. The solution was very simple. As you say, the new lib
expects all the stuff in /etc, especially the file "resolv.conf". If you
create a resolv.conf in /etc, the hostname-lookup should work.
Michael