Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 08:12:58 +1100 (EDT) From: Andrew MacIntyre <andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au> To: Erik Umenofer <eriku@silcom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X11 and networking:Apps don't start when resolv.conf is present Message-ID: <Pine.OS2.3.95.990308081041.345A-100000@CENTRAL> In-Reply-To: <36E18504.254195AF@silcom.com>
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On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Erik Umenofer wrote:
> When I erase /etc/resolv.conf Quake, Netscape, Icq and other networking
> apps load instantly. (but don't work of course since they need ot be
> able to resolv hostnames)
{...}
> How can I make my system not lookup this hostname??
Can't stop it looking up the names, but changing /etc/host.conf to use the
/etc/hosts file before DNS for name resolution and then having /etc/hosts
contain the needed information should take care of things.
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