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From: julian@mailhub.tfs.com (Julian Elischer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: EMACS and FreeBSD 2.1-SNAP ... (funny)
Date: 24 Sep 1995 05:02:32 GMT
Organization: TRW Financial Systems, Oakland, CA
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Message-ID: <442op8$h7q@times.tfs.com>
References: <4410av$kmf@nntp.interaccess.com> <1995Sep24.014611.13292@vindaloo.com>
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In article <1995Sep24.014611.13292@vindaloo.com>,
Christopher Sean Hilton <chris@vindaloo.com> wrote:
>You've got your provider's name server listed before your hosts file
>in your /etc/resolv.conf file. When emacs comes up it does a
>gethostbyname() call and this tickles DNS which calls your provider.
>If you switch the order in /etc/resolv.conf to:
> domain foobarbaz.net
> hosts
> nameserver x.x.x.1
> nameserver x.x.x.2
>gethostbyname() will be able to figure out your host name without
>resorting to dns first.
Last I looked this was controlled in /etc/host.conf
(unless it's changed in 2.1..)
+----------------------------------+ ______ _ __
| __--_|\ Julian Elischer | \ U \/ / On assignment
| / \ julian@tfs.com +------>x USA \ in a very strange
| ( OZ ) 300 lakeside Dr. oakland CA. \___ ___ | country !
+- X_.---._/ USA+(510) 645-3137(wk) \_/ \\
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