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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.development:1285 comp.os.386bsd.bugs:1544 comp.os.386bsd.questions:5591 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!bigbang.astro.indiana.edu!pitts From: pitts@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu (Jim Pitts) Subject: Re: I want to discuss hostname resolution (+bug report) Message-ID: <CEDL8o.8o8@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: bigbang.astro.indiana.edu Organization: Indiana University Astrophysics, Bloomington, IN References: <HERRING.93Oct1095726@loke.iesd.auc.dk> Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 13:53:12 GMT Lines: 38 In article <HERRING.93Oct1095726@loke.iesd.auc.dk> herring@iesd.auc.dk (B. Erickson Herring) writes: >Hi *BSDers, > >My NetBSD-0.9 machine is irritating me. It refuses to resolve >`locahost' when the file /etc/resolv.conf exists. That is, it _never_ >looks in /etc/hosts unless res_search() sets `errno' to ECONNREFUSED >in gethostbyname(). This problem must have been noticed by others, as >I cannot believe that everyone has `localhost.your.domain.here' in >their nameserver. > Try something in /etc/resolv.conf line (DO NOT USE TABS): -------------------------------- ; ; BIND data file. ; domain . nameserver 129.79.1.9 nameserver 129.79.1.15 nameserver 129.79.254.192 -------------------------------- Of course, you will have to put the IP addresses of your local nameservers in here. The machine will look in the /etc/hosts first to resolv names. If it is not there it goes to the first 'nameserver' listed, then the second, then the third, etc. I usually pick a primary nameserver that the univ. tells me to user. Then I pick an alternate just in case the primary is down. Finally, I will pick one outside the subnet of the primary/secondary server just in case that link goes down. You might know all thi already, but I mention it for the benifit of those who don't (and to my benifit if I am incorrect in my understanding). Jim Pitts pitts@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu