From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 14 20:03:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id UAA02469 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 20:03:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id UAA02462 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 20:03:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id OAA04374; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 14:33:22 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199701150403.OAA04374@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Upgrading from 2.2-Alpha to 2.2-Beta In-Reply-To: from "Allen W. Gambert" at "Jan 14, 97 11:13:59 am" To: gambert@cftnet.com (Allen W. Gambert) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 14:33:20 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Allen W. Gambert stands accused of saying: > > telnet www.mcafee.com > > I get > www.mcafee.com: Unknown host > > But when I use dig to lookup the name it comes back fine with no > problems. If I add the IP address of this host to my /etc/hosts file > telnet works fine. Two possibilities; the illegal-character-in-name problem that Terry mentioned, _or_ you don't have the word 'bind' in /etc/host.conf > Allen W. Gambert (813)980-1317 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[