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From: kxn3796@hertz.njit.edu (Ken Nakata)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: [NetBSD 0.8] Proper setup of network ?
Message-ID: <1993Jun30.060039.28572@njitgw.njit.edu>
Date: 30 Jun 93 06:00:39 GMT
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In article <1993Jun30.030503.26508@njitgw.njit.edu> I wrote:
>I'm having trouble with network configuration on NetBSD 0.8.
>
>I used to use `pumpkin' as my local host name when I was using
>386BSD 0.1 w/pk.0.2.3. And I overwrote filesystem with NetBSD.
>I found /etc/myname changed so that it now has `unknown.host.domain'
>as local host name. I wanted to use old name so I put `pumpkin'
>into /etc/myname. Then one of my local daemon dies on boot with
>dumping core. I looked into the code and narrowed the problem
>down to gethostbyname(). gethostname() returns "pumpkin" but
>gethostbyname("pumpkin") returns NULL and reference of returned
>pointer to struct hostent, which is actually NULL, causes core dump.
I should have written that actually whatever I put into /etc/myname,
it never works. Executing "route add `hostname` localhost 0" always
gives me a "bad value" error.
>I think my network setup is bogus. I tried to set network files
>such as /etc/hosts properly with _UNIX System Administration
>Handbook_, by Nemeth, Snyder, and Seebass, 1989 Prentice-Hall,
>but systems described in this book are different from 386BSD/NetBSD
>and the book doesn't discuss networking principles (or I'm too
>newbie to utilize the book).
>
>Any, really any suggestions, pointers and/or whatever are *greatly*
>appreciated. Thank you for your time.
Please help me!
Thanks in advance.
Ken Nakata
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* I apologize if there are misuses of and/or impolite words or phrases in this
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each nuance of a phrase. Any corrections for either English compositions or
contents are greatly appreciated. Thank you. Ken Nakata, CIS student, NJIT *