(usagi-users 03454) Re: getnameinfo() gets DNS non-recoverable error Solaris 2.8+

[Ed Kapitein <ed@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dave,

Perhaps you can debug it by using truss, a command to see how a program is 
executed, and snoop, to trace network packets to and from the dnsserver.

For all the other questions i hope someone else can help :-)

Kind regards,
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On Tuesday 26 July 2005 16:07, mclellan, dave wrote:
> Hi all: DUMB QUESTION ALERT:
>
> if I call getnameinfo() with a sockaddr_in6 that describes a link-local
> address on Solaris 2.8+,  it returns EAI_FAIL (DNS non-recoverable error).
> The address is configured I the /etc/net/ipnodes file correctly, I think.
> that is, I can find the address given the name, but can't find the name
> given the address.
>
> 1) is this because it doesn't like link-local, and should I skip the
> getnameinfo() if I know it's a link-local (translate the address by
> inet_ntop for example).
>
> OR
>
> 2) should this work, and how might I best debug the DNS query to figure why
> the configuration is wrong.
>
> Thanks for any hint.
>
>
>
> Dave McLellan --Consulting Software Engineer - SPEA Engineering
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