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From: presotto@pla... presotto@pla...
Subject: [9fans] nfs server
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:17:43 -0400

dnsquery does perform reverse domain name lookups.  When it
sees a query like
	204.178.31.2 ptr
it actually reformats it into the query,
	2.31.178.204.in-addr.arpa ptr
and then traverses the domain name space looking for an
answer.  To get one, you'll have to make sure that the /lib/ndb
files point to a root that can resolve the reverse query, i.e.,
knows what to do with the in-addr.arpa domain.