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From: burzio@mmlai.UUCP (Anthony Burzio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Yellow Pages
Keywords: support brain dead
Message-ID: <602@mmlai.UUCP>
Date: 12 Oct 89 03:00:36 GMT
Organization: Martin Marietta Labs, Baltimore, MD
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Beware: Yellow Pages not supported !!!!!

After starting up Yellow Pages, I found that sendmail and other
programs do not use the Yellow Pages services (programs using
files like /etc/hosts must be compiled while Yellow Pages is
running so the lookup routines can access the remote server).  I
have to keep a complete /etc/hosts table on every HP on my network.
This is silly, as it bypasses the idea behind Yellow Pages.

When confronted with this, the HP Support Center said that Yellow
Pages were included in HP-UX, but none of the programs really 
use them.  He kind'a insinuated that Yellow Pages was put in as
a "tease" to show HP support for standards and to get you to buy HP.
Is this true?  Is there a way to get the sources to sendmail et. al.
and compile them with Yellow Pages running?  Will there be better
support some day?

Severely Disappointed Puppy!

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