[ale] name resolution problem

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Jim wrote:
> I'm working on a POS FC4 system that seems to have a strange problem.  
> I'm calling getaddrinfo to obtain the IP address of a fqdn host.  It is 
> giving me the error "Name or service not known".  This function has been 
> working on others systems, but not this one.  nslookup and host work 
> fine, so I'm  at a loss as to where to look for the problem.  The host 
> is on the same subnet and ping and ssh find it with no trouble.  It's 
> just getaddrinfo can't find it.  I tried it with both PF_UNSPEC and 
> PF_INET, but neither worked.
> 
>           hints.ai_family = PF_UNSPEC;
>           hints.ai_family = PF_INET;
>           hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
>           hints.ai_flags = AI_NUMERICHOST;
> 
> Anyone know what facility getaddrinfo uses that might be different from 
> host or nslookup?

Just a thought, from the man page:

EAI_SERVICE The  requested service is not available for the requested 
socket type.  It may be available through another socket type

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey