> >  (a) It doesn't seem to consult /etc/hosts anymore.  Instead, when it
> >      has to resolve a name, it just bails out with a lookup failure.
> >      What might I have done (or failed to do) to cause this?
>
> Check /etc/nsswitch.conf

Actually, that was the first thing I did, since I remembered (from
1.5_ALPHA, I think) that some versions of NetBSD had put the order ``dns
files'', rather than the other way around.  (That caused me some grief
when setting up my home network originally...)

Other than peeking in there, though, and swapping the search order under
1.5_ALPHA (or whatever), I've never touched that file to date.


The problem is solved, now (see my previous message).  Thanks for the
suggestions, though.


  ``I probably don't know what I'm talking about.'' --rauch@math.rice.edu