Subject: None
To: Brian D. Carlstrom <bdc@ai.mit.edu>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@postgres.Berkeley.EDU>
List: current-users
Date: 04/12/1994 21:18:27
> 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
> 
> these all work when given the ip address itself

sounds like you need to to add a 'search' list to resolv.conf.
man resolv.conf for more info.


cgd

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