>On Wed, 12 May 1999, Richard Massey wrote:
>
>> Gidday,
>>
>> I've got 1.4beta (May 2) running on my Q650.
>> The machine is on a local network which has
>> an internet connection using a proxy on a
>> dialup ppp link. Local network issues (ping,telnet)
>> work fine however I cannot get out into the internet
>> (though I can in MacOS).
>>
>> My machine "bsdmac.blah.blah.nz"
>> Proxy 	   "proxy.blah.blah.nz"
>> domain     "blah.blah.nz"
>> All have valid class c ip addresses
>> all are entered in my hosts file
>> we do NOT have a name server running
>>
>> resolv.conf (1.4) no longer uses the lookup command
>> with that functionality in nsswitch.conf.
>> The man pages are a little terse but I think I made
>> appropriate changes from the default and have the
>> dns line reading "file" only. Still no luck (sigh).
>
>You should be messing with the "hosts: " line - there is no "dns" line.

err yes, was working from memory after one look at the new setup

>
>On a machine directly on the net, I have:
>
>hosts:          files dns
>

mine says hosts:	dns	files
is the difference significant???

>
>There are a lot of other things I think everyone will be able to suggest
>as to how to get this working. :-)
>
>Take care,
>
>Bill

Everything else seems to be in order. Do I just need to stick my nose
deeper into the ftp man pages (heavy going for a novice). I would like to
get sup going.

Cheers
Richard