> have you checked named.conf and made sure its listening on the correct > ip address/interface ? OK, I was not quite right when I said that ssh works. When I ssh from one working box into another using the -v option, this is what I get just before the password prompt: debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password debug1: Next authentication method: gssapi-with-mic debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Trying private key: /home/bjt/.ssh/identity debug1: Trying private key: /home/bjt/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: Trying private key: /home/bjt/.ssh/id_dsa debug1: Next authentication method: password When I ssh from the broken box, this is what I get: debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password debug1: Next authentication method: gssapi-with-mic debug1: An invalid name was supplied Cannot determine realm for numeric host address debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Trying private key: /home/bjt/.ssh/identity debug1: Trying private key: /home/bjt/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: Trying private key: /home/bjt/.ssh/id_dsa debug1: Next authentication method: password I'm googling on these errors, but so far, nothing that would indicate what the problem might be. > > > david > > Bill Tangren wrote: >>> Can you ping your DNS server from the broken box? >>> >>> Kris >>> >> >> Well, it doesn't seem that the firewall is the problem. The firewall is >> not recording any traffic coming from the broken server when it tries to >> access the outside world. [Though I can ssh into another server in the >> enclave if I use its IP number.] I have tried unplugging the working >> server, renaming the broken one and using its network port, and DNS >> still >> doesn't work. I am stumped as to why. I need this server, and if I don't >> fix it soon, I'm going to have to reinstall the OS. I've even gone so >> far >> as to swap out network cards. No joy. Something must be wrong with the >> setup, and I'll be damned if I can figure out what it is. >> >> -- Bill Tangren U.S. Naval Observatory Auribus tenere lupum -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list