Scott Reynolds writes:

>On Tue, 12 Apr 1994, Brian D. Carlstrom wrote:

>> seems like after updating libraries that hostname lookup in the tcp/ip
>> clients is failing. named seems to be working, since i can use a host
>> program to look ip addresses (as well as nslookup) but telnet rsh rlogin
>> ftp etc all return such as:
>> 
>> 	fnord# telnet blackjack.ai.mit.edu
>> 	blackjack.ai.mit.edu: Error 0

>I found the same thing.  While I didn't investigate further, I did find a 
>workaround:  create an /etc/resolv.conf and add a "domain" line to it.

The thing that confuses me is some things don't seem capable of
reverse resolving names into addresses with the present setup.  For
instance, if I telnet into my machine via term it shows my machine's
name as just an IP number, even though it's in the /etc/hosts file and
I have "lookup file bind" in /etc/hosts.  I'm curious why it can
resolve the name into an address with no problem, but doesn't seem to
be capable of doing the reverse.  More details are available if
needed...
				--Michael

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