Re: DNS vs /etc/hosts

On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 10:13:43AM -0500, Lowell(dot)Hought(at)faa(dot)gov wrote:
> I am changing from 7.2 to 8.0 and have both installed now on various Linux
> machines. When I use the psql command line interface with a -h hostname,
> the connection time from 7.2 is instant while the connection time from 8.0
> is 15 seconds. My assumption is that 7.2 checks the /etc/hosts file first
> and if unable to find the specified host it reverts to a DNS lookup, and
> the 8.0 is just the opposite. Is this a correct assumption, and if so,
> can I modify 8.0 to behave as 7.2 does?

Have you determined whether the difference is in the client (psql),
in the server, or in both? What happens if you use a 7.2 client
to connect to an 8.0 server, and if you use an 8.0 client to connect
to a 7.2 server? Have you run a process trace or network sniffer
to test your hypothesis? Let's find out exactly what and where the
problem is before looking for a solution. But if DNS is the problem,
why not fix it instead of working around it?

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Michael Fuhr
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