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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.development:1291 comp.os.386bsd.bugs:1556 comp.os.386bsd.questions:5687 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!waikato!aukuni.ac.nz!status!status.gen.nz!jonc Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: I want to discuss hostname resolution (+bug report) From: jonc@status.gen.nz (Jon Clarke) Date: 6 Oct 93 19:37:24 GMT Message-ID: <693278.70644.1491@status.gen.nz> References: <HERRING.93Oct1095726@loke.iesd.auc.dk> <CEDL8o.8o8@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Organization: Public Access Internet Services, Auckland New Zealand Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.questions X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Lines: 41 Jim Pitts (pitts@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu) wrote: : -------------------------------- : ; : ; 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. : 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 my /etc/resolv.conf looks like this and I do have named running --------> domain status.gen.nz hostresorder bind local nameserver 202.14.100.1 nameserver 130.217.64.3 -------> This is on 386bsd with the patchkits. I also have localhost. and localhost setup in my named server as well. regards +--------------+---------------------------------------------+--------------+ | Jon Clarke | Public Access Unix in Auckland New Zealand | HEXAGON | | status.gen.nz| BBS (+649) 358-1052, 358-1092, 358-5543 | HSBC NZ EBD | +--------------+---------------------------------------------+--------------+