sshd DNS
Andrey Sharandakov
ash at azm.uz.ua
Mon Dec 20 03:26:28 PST 2004
Hi!!!
sshd needs DNS for backresolving!!!
When you are connecting to a remote host via SSH, sshd
tries to resolv in-addr.arpa zone for your IP address.
man sshd
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Best regards,
Andrey Sharandakov,
ASH83-RIPE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kovács Péter" <kovacspeter2 at freemail.hu>
To: <freebsd-stable at freebsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 8:06 PM
Subject: sshd DNS
> Hello,
>
>
> I sometimes get this error message:
> sshd[543767]: WARNING: DNS lookup failed for " 171.31.1.21"
> Why is this error message?
>
> For what sshd needs DNS? If the DNS is unavailable I can't
> log into my computer. How can I resolve this problem, so I
> can still login if the DNS is not available?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>
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