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Brent Butler 303-497-3952

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May 5, 1994, 11:40:13 AM5/5/94
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I'm trying to get some sort of name service to work with telnet
and ftp on my just delivered 3000/300x alpha/AXP machine. I have
a resolve.conf file that does the job when I use 'nslookup' but
when I try to ftp or telnet to a host name I get an 'unknown host'
message.

Do I have to install NIS to get name service for ftp/telnet???
(This machine is pretty much just a single user box in which I
want some network access but won't be a server for anybody else.)

-Brent Butler (bbu...@bldrdoc.gov)

Frank Wortner

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May 9, 1994, 2:34:23 PM5/9/94
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In article <CpC67...@bldrdoc.gov>, bbu...@bldrdoc.gov (Brent Butler 303-497-3952) writes:
|>I'm trying to get some sort of name service to work with telnet
|>and ftp on my just delivered 3000/300x alpha/AXP machine. I have
|>a resolve.conf file that does the job when I use 'nslookup' but
|>when I try to ftp or telnet to a host name I get an 'unknown host'
|>message.

Check the file /etc/svc.conf. That file determines which naming services
are used in what order. To enable DNS, make sure it contains a line like
this:

hosts=local,bind

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Frank

Peter Brouwer

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May 10, 1994, 7:39:52 AM5/10/94
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In <1994May9.1...@datum.nyo.dec.com> fr...@croton.nyo.dec.com (Frank Wortner) writes:
>|>I'm trying to get some sort of name service to work with telnet
>|>and ftp on my just delivered 3000/300x alpha/AXP machine. I have
>|>a resolve.conf file that does the job when I use 'nslookup' but
>|>when I try to ftp or telnet to a host name I get an 'unknown host'
>|>message.
>Check the file /etc/svc.conf. That file determines which naming services
>are used in what order. To enable DNS, make sure it contains a line like
>this:
>hosts=local,bind


For most cases the bindsetup command will be enough to get your system setup
correctly, including this item.


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Mike O'Connor

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May 5, 1994, 4:47:02 PM5/5/94
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In article <CpC67...@bldrdoc.gov> bbu...@bldrdoc.gov (Brent Butler
303-497-3952) writes:

:I'm trying to get some sort of name service to work with telnet

I suspect that all you'll have to do is edit the /etc/svc.conf file
and set "hosts=local,bind" or somesuch. man svc.conf(5)

...Mike

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