Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 17:14:39 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Jack W Doyle <n9ogk@juno.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Aaarrgghh!!! This fscking hostname/domain setup... Message-ID: <Pine.UW2.3.95.970328170512.20488F-100000@cedb> In-Reply-To: <19970328.153200.3910.0.N9OGK@juno.com>
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On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Jack W Doyle wrote: > And in /etc/sysconfig: > > hostname="rhyolite.org" > defaultdomainname="rhyolite.org" Change defaultdomainname to "NO" (unless you happen to be running NIS on this) > Now we go on to /etc/resolv.conf: > > search rhyolite.org > nameserver 0.0.0.0 > nameserver 10.0.0.2 > > (and I don't want a nameserver -- just a domain name setup) The > /etc/host.conf is set up to look at bind first, then hosts. In /etc/host.conf you need to have hosts before bind for a part time connection. And if you are not running a nameserver your resolv.conf shouldn't say you're running a nameserver :) Make it domain rhyolite.org nameserver 123.123.123.1 # your ISPs name server 1 nameserver 123.123.123.2 # your ISPs name server 2 > But when I run nslookup with the debug mode on, the result is this: > > Server: rhyolite.org > Address: 0.0.0.0 > > >set debug > >telnet rhyolite ??? Just curious where you saw this? Try leaving telnet out of it Server: rhyolite.org Address: 0.0.0.0 >rhyolite and you might get an answer :) Dan -- Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82
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