[mdlug] Discuss DNS route

[Gib]

I did a work around and put the IP address and name in /etc/hosts.

On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 11:58 AM Josh Catana <jcatana at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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