Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:52:57 mst7mst From: "Duke Normandin" <01031149@3web.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DNS problems Message-ID: <20001129143439.054B437B400@hub.freebsd.org>
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On 28 Nov 00 at 16:24, Dima Dorfman wrote: >Duke Normandin wrote: >> Just lurking & learning.....;) >> >> Seems that I'm having a similar problem, I think. With "w" and "who" show >> nothing in the FROM field except when I ftp/telnet from my win9x box I >> see mandy or 10.0.0.2 in there. Is this correct behavior? > >When you're logged in from a local terminal, the host field is empty. >This is correct behavior. It'd be redundant to put 'localhost' in >there since that's the only possible value if you're on a local >terminal. doh....I didn't see the forest for the trees! ;) [snip] >> /etc/resolv.conf is empty - I think that this is correct. > >If you're using DNS, it shouldn't be empty. See resolver(5) for details. > My 3.3R box is networked to a win95 one -- but has no access to the Internet. Should I at least have domain 127.0.0.1 in it? Seems like I read something to that effect while I was searching the FreeBSD mailing lists today. Later.... -duke Calgary,Alberta, Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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