[mdlug] Discuss DNS route

[Josh Catana]

Are you trying to reach the DNS server by IP or hostname?

On Mon, Aug 28, 2023, 6:08 PM Gib <gibmaxn at gmail.com> wrote:

> I spent the day cleaning up the old server. I just added the /etc/hosts
> entry for now. I don't know if I will ever have time to really address the
> core issue.
>
> On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 5:00 PM Gib <gibmaxn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yup. I should talk to them.
> >
> > Setting a hosts entry would seem to be dangerous. If the DNS server ever
> > changes IP address then the lookup may not work.
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 2:19 PM Carl T. Miller <carl at carltm.com> wrote:
> >
> >> For a quick fix, just add the IP address and hostname(s)
> >> to the server's /etc/hosts file.
> >>
> >> I'd definitely ask the network team about this.  Something
> >> seems odd when a server can't resolve a hostname using
> >> DNS.  Maybe they do it that way for a reason.
> >>
> >> c
> >>
> >>
> >> On 8/27/23 03:12 PM, Gib wrote:
> >> > I have been trying to figure out a good way to correct a problem
> where a
> >> > server doesn't resolve a domain name because the DNS server can't be
> >> > reached.
> >> >
> >> > I'm considering the following:
> >> >
> >> > Add DNS server to hosts file
> >> >
> >> > Create a route with the route command
> >> >
> >> > Crate a host file entry for the actual domain I'm trying to resolve
> >> >
> >> > Telling the network team to look at this
> >> >
> >> > Thoughts?
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