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From: "M.R.Murphy" <mrm@Mole.ORG>
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Subject: Re: Why not DNS (was: nfs startup - perhaps it is a problem)
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>
> If you have a name server, you don't need resolv.conf.
>

You do if you're running a split DNS with an unmodified named.

Sure named is our friend; it's just not our only friend.

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Mike Murphy  mrm@Mole.ORG  +1 619 598 5874
Better is the enemy of Good