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From: Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com>
To: Xu Qiang <Qiang.Xu@fujixerox.com>
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Subject: Re: DNS settings in FreeBSD?
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On 7/27/05, Xu Qiang <Qiang.Xu@fujixerox.com> wrote:
> Hi, all:
>=20
> Last time I asked you that why the machine can map the hostname to ip add=
ress without setting DNS Server in "/etc/rc.conf".
>=20
> Now I remember that I have provided DNS ip address in the initial install=
ing stage, where the installation wizard asked for me about the settings st=
ep by step, in which I set the machine's hostname, ip address, domain, gate=
way, subnet mask, and DNS server ip address.
>=20
> Now, when I open the file "/etc/rc.conf", I found the machine's hostname,=
 ip address, subnet mask, domain, and gateway/router are all in it.
>=20
> Yet, where is the DNS setting? If not in this file, which file does this =
setting reside in?
>=20
> P.S.: In solaris, I can use dos2unix to transfer txt file from DOS/Window=
s format to Unix format, what is the corresponding command in FreeBSD?

Try /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hosts