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Although, this sounds like the simple solution (sometimes it always te
right one) do you have a valid name server in your /etc/resolve.conf?

mark


neutron wrote:
> 
> dear bsd volk
> i have installed harvest-1.4.2 on my machine neutron.neutron.org
> (207.167.86.239) ie neutron.org is alive and has DNS. harvest
> works fine on that platform. i also installed it on another
> machine with an IP but no DNS. i can bring a harvest query up
> but the search results are null.
> does anyone know if harvest can work on a host with no
> nameservice? if so how?
> thanks
> neutron.

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Mark Segal
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