On Wednesday 28 January 2009, Benjamin Lewis wrote:
>Jean-Louis Martineau wrote:
>> What do you get if you run:
>>  /usr/bin/smbclient '//not.a.host.name/notashare' -U nosuchuser -N -Tx
>> /dev/null
>>
>> Maybe your DNS is slow to return that 'not.a.host.name' is not a valid
>> hostname
>> Check your DNS configuration.
>
>I think it would be a good idea to pick some other name to test with
>since the .name TLD has come into existence.  host.name and a.host.name
>both resolve.  There's no reason that not.a.host.name couldn't resolve
>someday.
>
>Thanks,
>
>-Ben

I changed that portion of the string in the test case, and in the configure 
script, to .zyxw/, and it makes no difference Ben.

I figured that was as close as I could get to a captcha string. :)

[root@coyote ~]# time /usr/bin/smbclient '//not.a.host.zywx/notashare' -U 
nosuchuser -N -Tx /dev/null
timeout connecting to 208.69.32.132:445
timeout connecting to 208.69.32.132:139
Error connecting to 208.69.32.132 (Operation already in progress)
Connection to not.a.host.zywx failed (Error NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED)

real    0m34.907s
user    0m0.021s
sys     0m0.005s

Oookkaayy:
[root@coyote ~]# time whois not.a.host.zywx
[Querying whois.internic.net]
[whois.internic.net]

Whois Server Version 2.0

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

No match for domain "NOT.A.HOST.ZYWX".
>>> Last update of whois database: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:01:28 UTC <<<

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The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .EDU domains and
Registrars.
real    0m0.875s
user    0m0.024s
sys     0m0.231s

Maybe this should tell us something, but I have no clue, couldn't even buy one 
at this point.

Thanks all.

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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