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- From: gpb@gpb-mac. (greg berryman )
- Subject: Re: I can use DNS but now Sun doesn't read /etc/hosts
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 21:27:13 GMT
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- epc1@quads.uchicago.edu (Merlin) writes:
- :
- :
- : Now, I have DNS working but my Sun won't resolve names in my /etc/hosts
- : file. It is important that I fix this because the name which is in my
- : /etc/hosts file which is not on the NIS/DNS server that my machine queries
- : is the name of my own machine! Hence, I'm having alot of problems.
- :
- : Is it possible to have my Sun read /etc/hosts AND use NIS/DNS?
- : BTW, getting my host registered into the NIS server won't be an option
- : for several months!
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- I had the same sort of problem on my Mac running A/UX. Simple solution:
- run your own named as a secondary nameserver. Worked for me, might work
- for you.
-
- Good Luck.
-
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