<div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>I run an Ubuntu based VPS on Linode.</div><div>I few hours ago the machine stopped resolving hostnames.</div><div>I think it was after an "aptitude safe-upgrade" and a reboot, but I am not sure. Maybe was like this earlier.</div><div><br></div><div>It takes ages to ssh to it, once I got to the machine I can ping IP addresses from it, but I cannot ping anything with a hostname.</div><div><br></div><div>this is what I have in resolv.conf</div><div><br></div><div>
<p class=""><span class=""># cat /etc/resolv.conf </span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">domain <a href="http://members.linode.com">members.linode.com</a></span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">search <a href="http://members.linode.com">members.linode.com</a></span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">nameserver 72.14.179.5</span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">nameserver 72.14.188.5</span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">options rotate</span></p><p class=""><span class=""><br></span></p><p class=""><span class="">I tried to replace the nameservers with others that are listed in another of my servers, but that did not make a change.</span></p><p class="">How can I track down what has the server stopped resolving hostnames?</p><p class="">Accessing the server via HTTP work as expected.</p><p class="">Gabor<br></p><p class=""><br></p><p class=""><br></p><p class=""><span class=""><br></span></p><p class=""><span class=""><br></span></p></div><div>
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