Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 15:31:09 -0700 From: "Mark O'Lear" <Mark.Olear@Colorado.EDU> To: mhugo@dataphone.se Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/2083: Resolver in 2.1.6 stable Message-ID: <329629AD.5A4E@Colorado.EDU> References: <199611221815.KAA07813@freefall.freebsd.org>
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mhugo@dataphone.se wrote:
>
> >Number: 2083
> >Category: misc
> >Synopsis: Resolver in 2.1.6 stable
...
> >Release: 2.1.6
> >Environment:
> FreeBSD ninja.dataphone.se 2.1.6-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 22 18
> :41:09 MET 1996 m2@ninja.dataphone.se:/usr/src/sys/compile/NINJA i386
> >Description:
> When making world on the sup distribution on 2.1.6, the following occurs:
>
> ninja: {9} /sbin/ping nic
> ping: unknown host nic
> ninja: {10} nslookup nic
> Server: nic.dataphone.se
> Address: 194.23.92.66
>
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name: nic.dataphone.se
> Address: 194.23.92.66
>
> All programs that use gethostbyname seems unable to resolve.
>
> nslookup works fine, and adds to the fact.
>
...
It sounds like you've commented out the line that says
'bind' in your /etc/host.conf file. The file (/etc/host.conf)
also has to be world readable. Programs using gethostbyname
need to have the line 'bind' in the host.conf file in order
to do DNS lookups. nslookup is by default a name server
lookup (DNS), so it uses bind no matter what's listed in the
host.conf file.
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