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- From: andreas@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (Jim Andreas)
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- Subject: Re: Problems on VUE
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- Date: 24 Dec 92 17:11:47 GMT
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- I pulled this out of the FAQ - I think it is applicable.... Could
- be you are missing one of the various if statements below :-}
-
- Jim "is 'DNS' the same thing as BIND (/etc/named)?" Andreas
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- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- [From FAQ in a notorious waste of internet bandwidth :-)]
-
- 6) Can I get HP-UX to try DNS ahead of NIS?
-
- This is the "standard" answer given from the Response Center:
-
- If there is only one IP address in resolv.conf and
- if the address is the local node's IP add., then NIS or /etc/hosts
- is used because the IP is reachable and named is not running.
- if the address is the name server's IP add.,
- if the address is reachable but named is not running, then
- NIS or /etc/hosts is used (the same reason)
- if the address is not reachable (eg the node is down) then
- at 7.0 NIS or /etc/hosts is used;
- at 8.0 resolution fails.
-
- If there are more than one IP address in resolv.conf, no NIS or /etc/hosts
- fallback will be used after all addresses are tried and failed.
-
- In other word, if they only configure one IP address in resolv.conf and are
- running 7.0, they should be ok.
-
- As for additional configuration ... the answer is NO, you can't get it
- to try NIS before DNS etc ...
-
- [ Thanks to Jim O'Shea at the Atlanta RC for this information. ]
-