I looked in the code and the manuals for the system calls. It seems I have no control over this from apache. I will have to look in the system itself, but I doubt I can change anything there. If I find something I will report back to the list because it is certainly useful for other people. Thanks Markus On Wednesday 22 March 2006 16:58, Boyle Owen wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Markus Mayer [mailto:mymaillists@xxxxxx] > > Sent: Mittwoch, 22. März 2006 16:15 > > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [users@httpd] Retry: HostnameLookups timeout? > > > > > > Generally reverse lookups work well, but for some IP > > addresses the reverse > > lookup times out. > > > > To get around this problem, I wanted to configure how long > > apache waits for a > > response, however I have not been able to find such an > > option. > > I suspect that this is not apache's problem... In the OSI model, Apache > works on the application layer so any requests for services from other > machines are passed down to the TCP/IP layer for routing. It is there that > the DNS lookup takes place. > > From apache's POV, all it does is ask the TCP/IP layer to get the hostname > for a particular IP - apache doesn't care about the implementation... > > > I also looked > > in the source code, but was not able to find where this > > timeout is set. > > look in server/core.c; apache uses apr_getnameinfo() which in turn uses the > system function getnameinfo() (do "man getaddrinfo" for details) > > Rgds, > Owen Boyle > Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > > Either solution is fine for me, however of course a > > configuration directive > > to set timeouts for HostnameLookups would be much more > > preferable. Does any > > one know what directive there is to set, of if there is even > > one? And if > > there's no directive, where in the source code do I look to set this? > > > > All help on this will be greatly appreciated. > > > > greetings from Austria. > > Markus > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP > > Server Project. > > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Diese E-mail ist eine private und persönliche Kommunikation. Sie hat keinen > Bezug zur Börsen- bzw. Geschäftstätigkeit der SWX Gruppe. This e-mail is of > a private and personal nature. It is not related to the exchange or > business activities of the SWX Group. Le présent e-mail est un message > privé et personnel, sans rapport avec l'activité boursière du Groupe SWX. > > > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain > confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No > confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If > you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and > then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. > Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must > not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any > part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender's > company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through > their networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the > individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender > is authorised to state them to be the views of the sender's company. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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