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Xref: sserve comp.unix.wizards:30799 comp.unix.bsd:12647 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sol.ccs.deakin.edu.au!not-for-mail From: rns@deakin.edu.au (Robert Sturrock) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: NetBSD Help Date: 18 Sep 1993 22:54:41 +1000 Organization: Deakin University Lines: 15 Message-ID: <27f0eh$11s@flora.ccs.deakin.edu.au> References: <CD24As.MJI@rex.uokhsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: flora.ccs.deakin.edu.au Hi, nat-king@tuh.uokhsc.edu writes: > I am attempting to setup NetBSD v0.9 on a 486sx w/8MB ram. I installed it ok, >but I am having trouble with getting it to resolve names within my domain. >External name resolving occurs just fine, since it passes that on the next >DNS. (I don't know anything about NetBSD, but I'm a Sun Sysadm) What exactly happens when you try to resolve local names? Do you have your machine "pointed" at a suitable local nameserver via /etc/resolv.conf? Do you have local hosts file (/etc/hosts)? -rob