On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 18:16, TE Dukes <tdukes at palmettoshopper.com> wrote:> > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Stephen > > John Smoogen > > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2018 3:58 PM > > To: CentOS mailing list > > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Mail has quit working > > > > On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 14:15, TE Dukes <tdukes at palmettoshopper.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > #hosts: db files nisplus nis dns > > > hosts: dns files myhostname > > > > > > > ^^^ that's probably broke also. > > hosts: files dns > > > > That should be it. Putting dns first works if you can guarentee that > > DNS works fine all the time but if your DNS caches that localhost > > doesn't exist then /etc/hosts isn't used. > > > > > aliases: files nisplus > > > > since you are doing email > > > > aliases: files > > > > > > > > -- > > Stephen J Smoogen. > Hello, > > Made those changes and rebooted. No change. Still times out. >OK in that case something is really taking your system for a ride. I would check to see if that 71.28.79.87 is your 'public' ip address with curl -4 icanhazip.com if it is then something from named or some other utility is translating localhost for you. host -v localhost might give you more information on what is giving lookups crazy answers [smooge at linode01 ~]$ host -v localhost Trying "localhost.members.linode.com" Trying "localhost.smoogespace.com" Trying "localhost" ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10855 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;localhost. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: localhost. 10800 IN A 127.0.0.1 Received 55 bytes from 66.228.53.5#53 in 0 ms Trying "localhost" ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2461 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;localhost. IN MX ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: localhost. 10800 IN SOA localhost. nobody.invalid. 1 3600 1200 604800 10800 -- Stephen J Smoogen.
> -----Original Message----- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Stephen > John Smoogen > Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2018 3:12 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Mail has quit working > > On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 18:16, TE Dukes <tdukes at palmettoshopper.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of > Stephen > > > John Smoogen > > > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2018 3:58 PM > > > To: CentOS mailing list > > > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Mail has quit working > > > > > > On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 14:15, TE Dukes <tdukes at palmettoshopper.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > #hosts: db files nisplus nis dns > > > > hosts: dns files myhostname > > > > > > > > > > ^^^ that's probably broke also. > > > hosts: files dns > > > > > > That should be it. Putting dns first works if you can guarentee that > > > DNS works fine all the time but if your DNS caches that localhost > > > doesn't exist then /etc/hosts isn't used. > > > > > > > aliases: files nisplus > > > > > > since you are doing email > > > > > > aliases: files > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Stephen J Smoogen. > > Hello, > > > > Made those changes and rebooted. No change. Still times out. > > > > OK in that case something is really taking your system for a ride. I > would check to see if that 71.28.79.87 is your 'public' ip address > withMy ip has changed since I ran telnet localhost 25 as I rebooted my router. But it is correctly reporting the IP.> > curl -4 icanhazip.com > > if it is then something from named or some other utility is > translating localhost for you. host -v localhost might give you more > information on what is giving lookups crazy answers > > [smooge at linode01 ~]$ host -v localhost > Trying "localhost.members.linode.com" > Trying "localhost.smoogespace.com" > Trying "localhost" > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10855 > ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;localhost. IN A > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > localhost. 10800 IN A 127.0.0.1 > > Received 55 bytes from 66.228.53.5#53 in 0 ms > Trying "localhost" > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2461 > ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;localhost. IN MX > > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: > localhost. 10800 IN SOA localhost. nobody.invalid. 1 3600 1200 60480010800> > > > -- > Stephen J Smoogen.Results from host -v localhost: Trying "localhost.palmettodomains.com" ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 12975 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;localhost.palmettodomains.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: localhost.palmettodomains.com. 60 IN A 162.40.201.5 Received 63 bytes from 166.102.165.13#53 in 35 ms Trying "localhost.palmettodomains.com" ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 60995 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;localhost.palmettodomains.com. IN AAAA ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: palmettodomains.com. 628 IN SOA ns2.no-ip.com. hostmaster.no-ip.com. 2015063193 10800 1800 604800 1800 Received 104 bytes from 166.102.165.13#53 in 28 ms Trying "localhost.palmettodomains.com" ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 62881 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;localhost.palmettodomains.com. IN MX ;; ANSWER SECTION: localhost.palmettodomains.com. 1720 IN MX 5 mail.palmettodomains.com. Received 68 bytes from 166.102.165.13#53 in 29 ms Looks like my domainname has been appended unless you left your off. Thanks!!
I haven't read through all of this, but is this a CentOS 7 machine? If so .. I believe that systemd has some name resolution facility in it. Has that been looked into? On August 25, 2018 2:11:38 PM CDT, Stephen John Smoogen <smooge at gmail.com> wrote:>On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 18:16, TE Dukes <tdukes at palmettoshopper.com> >wrote: >> >> >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of >Stephen >> > John Smoogen >> > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2018 3:58 PM >> > To: CentOS mailing list >> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Mail has quit working >> > >> > On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 14:15, TE Dukes <tdukes at palmettoshopper.com> >> > wrote: >> > > >> > >> > > #hosts: db files nisplus nis dns >> > > hosts: dns files myhostname >> > > >> > >> > ^^^ that's probably broke also. >> > hosts: files dns >> > >> > That should be it. Putting dns first works if you can guarentee >that >> > DNS works fine all the time but if your DNS caches that localhost >> > doesn't exist then /etc/hosts isn't used. >> > >> > > aliases: files nisplus >> > >> > since you are doing email >> > >> > aliases: files >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Stephen J Smoogen. >> Hello, >> >> Made those changes and rebooted. No change. Still times out. >> > >OK in that case something is really taking your system for a ride. I >would check to see if that 71.28.79.87 is your 'public' ip address >with > >curl -4 icanhazip.com > >if it is then something from named or some other utility is >translating localhost for you. host -v localhost might give you more >information on what is giving lookups crazy answers > >[smooge at linode01 ~]$ host -v localhost >Trying "localhost.members.linode.com" >Trying "localhost.smoogespace.com" >Trying "localhost" >;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10855 >;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > >;; QUESTION SECTION: >;localhost. IN A > >;; ANSWER SECTION: >localhost. 10800 IN A 127.0.0.1 > >Received 55 bytes from 66.228.53.5#53 in 0 ms >Trying "localhost" >;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2461 >;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 > >;; QUESTION SECTION: >;localhost. IN MX > >;; AUTHORITY SECTION: >localhost. 10800 IN SOA localhost. nobody.invalid. 1 3600 1200 604800 >10800 > > > >-- >Stephen J Smoogen. >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
> -----Original Message----- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Barry > Brimer > Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2018 10:38 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Mail has quit working > > I haven't read through all of this, but is this a CentOS 7 machine? If so.. I> believe that systemd has some name resolution facility in it. Has thatbeen> looked into? > > On August 25, 2018 2:11:38 PM CDT, Stephen John Smoogen > <smooge at gmail.com> wrote: > >On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 18:16, TE Dukes <tdukes at palmettoshopper.com> > >wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of > >Stephen > >> > John Smoogen > >> > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2018 3:58 PM > >> > To: CentOS mailing list > >> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Mail has quit working > >> > > >> > On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 14:15, TE Dukes <tdukes at palmettoshopper.com> > >> > wrote: > >> > > > >> > > >> > > #hosts: db files nisplus nis dns > >> > > hosts: dns files myhostname > >> > > > >> > > >> > ^^^ that's probably broke also. > >> > hosts: files dns > >> > > >> > That should be it. Putting dns first works if you can guarentee > >that > >> > DNS works fine all the time but if your DNS caches that localhost > >> > doesn't exist then /etc/hosts isn't used. > >> > > >> > > aliases: files nisplus > >> > > >> > since you are doing email > >> > > >> > aliases: files > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Stephen J Smoogen. > >> Hello, > >> > >> Made those changes and rebooted. No change. Still times out. > >> > > > >OK in that case something is really taking your system for a ride. I > >would check to see if that 71.28.79.87 is your 'public' ip address > >with > > > >curl -4 icanhazip.com > > > >if it is then something from named or some other utility is > >translating localhost for you. host -v localhost might give you more > >information on what is giving lookups crazy answers > > > >[smooge at linode01 ~]$ host -v localhost > >Trying "localhost.members.linode.com" > >Trying "localhost.smoogespace.com" > >Trying "localhost" > >;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10855 > >;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > > >;; QUESTION SECTION: > >;localhost. IN A > > > >;; ANSWER SECTION: > >localhost. 10800 IN A 127.0.0.1 > > > >Received 55 bytes from 66.228.53.5#53 in 0 ms > >Trying "localhost" > >;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2461 > >;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > > >;; QUESTION SECTION: > >;localhost. IN MX > > > >;; AUTHORITY SECTION: > >localhost. 10800 IN SOA localhost. nobody.invalid. 1 3600 1200 604800 > >10800 > > > > > > > >-- > >Stephen J Smoogen.Thanks, yes it's a CentOS 7.5.1804. I do not know about the system.