Re: Host Name Appears when sh ses

jason philbrook (jp@c6h22o11.midcoast.com)
Sun, 29 Sep 1996 20:36:18 -0400 (EDT)

>
> Here is something I didnt notice before. We have a user set up with a
> static IP and there IP and host name are listed in our forward DNS mapping
> file. We also have him listed in the reverse mapping file.
>
> Now when we do a sh ses we see his host name and not the IP address. I
> think this is strange because I have a forward and reverse mapping for each
> of the addresses in the dynamic/assigned pool but those IPs still show up
> and the host name does not. Can anyone explain to me why?

Not strange, but consistency would be more strange. When we do a show
ses, some connections show up with hostnames. (i.e.
modem-093.midcoast.com) or as an IP number.. Do it again, and others
which previosly had a hostname, would have an IP number.

Dont tell me the portmaster looks up all those IP numbers every time a
show ses is done. It might be a good idea if the portmaster could
remember the dns-lookups for a short period of time.

On another note, did you increment the serial number of your dns tables
and restart the named?

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