Can't get DNS on unixware 7.1.1 to work

[Craig Green]

We have an internal network that uses IP addresses in the range of
192.168.100.xx . The main DNS server is an NT Server version 4 machine
running MS proxy server version 2. I want to set up a UnixWare 7.1.1
machine as a DNS client on the network. I have tried using the Client
Manager to set the name resolution order as :

DNS then /etc/hosts

When DNS is the first service to be used I cannot ping, use nslookup, etc
these utilities freeze/hang.
If I use /etc/hosts as the first service then I can ping other hosts on the
internal network. I have checked the /etc/resolv.conf file and it as
follows

domain xxxxx.org.au
search 192.168.100.3
nameserver 192.168.100.3

There is no mention of 'hostresorder'?

Does anyone know of any problems in configuring DNS and/or what
configuration files I need to check and what are the basic entries I should
have in these files?

Regards Craig Green

[Matt Schalit]

"Craig Green" <gmh...@ozemail.com.au> said:

Hi Craig,

>We have an internal network that uses IP addresses in the range of
>192.168.100.xx . The main DNS server is an NT Server version 4 machine
>running MS proxy server version 2. I want to set up a UnixWare 7.1.1
>machine as a DNS client on the network. I have tried using the Client
>Manager to set the name resolution order as :
>
>DNS then /etc/hosts
>
>When DNS is the first service to be used I cannot ping, use nslookup, etc
>these utilities freeze/hang.
>If I use /etc/hosts as the first service then I can ping other hosts on the
>internal network.

That's the way to do it, the Client Manager. Set it to dns then hosts,
and it will work properly once you fix /etc/resolv.conf.

> I have checked the /etc/resolv.conf file and it as
>follows
>
>domain xxxxx.org.au
>search 192.168.100.3
>nameserver 192.168.100.3
>
>There is no mention of 'hostresorder'?

hostresorder is not used in 7.x.x. Instead use Client Manager
which modifies some bizarre files to fix the order. I forget which
one it modifies.

Try this for your /etc/resolv.conf:
-----------------------------------------------------
domain xxxxx.org.au
search xxxxx.org.au
nameserver 192.168.100.3

Other than that, it should work fine
for you. Check it with nslookup.

Regards,
Matthew