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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!arlut.utexas.edu!usenet From: Ian Fink <fink@arlut.utexas.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Reverse DNS Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 10:33:24 -0600 Organization: Applied Research Laboratories - The University of Texas at Austin Lines: 19 Message-ID: <32E64154.764D@arlut.utexas.edu> References: <32e5a0b9.2779734@207.126.101.82> NNTP-Posting-Host: seadevil.arlut.utexas.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; HP-UX A.09.05 9000/730) To: Stan Golob <sgolob@peacenet.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5672 Stan Golob wrote: > > We have several users who need to connect to systems which require a > reverse DNS lookup before connecting. The domain, peacenet.com has > both primary and secondary nameservices setup and has been properly > registered. Is there something further required to allow the reverse > DNS to work? > > TIA > > --- > Stan Golob > sgolob@peacenet.com You need the proper PTR records on you name servers. If you don't know how to set this up, run down to the book store and pick up a copy of O'Reilly's DNS and BIND. Ian