> -----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 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. Thanks, yes it's a CentOS 7.5.1804. I do not know about the system.