Sco 5.0.5 Network Problem

[pastit]

I have a sco 5.0.5 machine with a single nic set up as a DNS server. Most of the time the system operates perfectly but every night the dns stops working. The only odd thing I can see is that the machine can't see itself. It is possible to ping or telnet to local host and it responds to an external ping or telnet. If I ping it from itself by its name or ip it resolves the name ok but I get no response. The same is true of telnet. The arp table shows an incomplete entry for itself.
Short of a complete rebuild I am out of ideas and would welcome any sugestions...

 

[dan4]

The only time I have seen this isse was when the stock CRON jobs to clean tmp files etc. runs ( nightly) it may have an effect. May try commenting out any cron jobs that run just to see if all is ok in the morning.

 

[GOSCO]

Sorry no answers, just more questions...

Does the named server stop at this point?
#ps -eaf | grep named

Also what happens if you ping or telnet using 127.1 instead of IP?

Andy
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