Date: Thu, 6 Jul 1995 21:13:39 -0500 (CDT) From: Rob Snow <rsnow@legend.txdirect.net> To: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rcp strangness Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950706210807.761A-100000@oasis> In-Reply-To: <9507060057.AA13133@cs.weber.edu>
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On Wed, 5 Jul 1995, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > given:
> >
> > lost <--- lp0 ---> oasis <--- ppp -auto / tun0 ---> ISP
> >
> > No gateway. lost only knows about oasis, oasis knows lost & ISP
> > host before bind, ifconfig'ed both lp0's, no static routes.
> > The following:
> >
> > rsnow@lost% rcp crap oasis:~/crap.test
> >
> > causes oasis to dial ISP. Huhhh?
>
> Name service resoloution order and is lost in local hosts, please?
lost & oasis are defined in host files on both machines.
***********************************
/etc/hosts on oasis (identical on lost)
***********************************
# hosts,v 1.5 1995/04/09 09:54:39 rgrimes Exp
127.0.0.1 localhost
204.57.120.200 oasis oasis.txdirect.net
204.57.120.201 lost lost.txdirect.net
***********************************
/etc/resolv.conf on oasis
***********************************
domain txdirect.net
nameserver 204.57.120.6
^^^^^^^^^^^^ This nameserver is indeed remote (ppp).
However if I dont put it here I cant find
ANYONE not in hosts.
---
Rob Snow
rsnow@txdirect.net
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