Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!purdue!tippy!wmd Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: Re: Host name lookup failure in Sendmail? Message-ID: <1990Oct25.161834.04434@tippy> Date: 25 Oct 90 16:18:29 GMT Sender: wmd@tippy (Malcolm Duncan) Organization: Duncan Communication BBS, Battle Ground, IN; (317) 567-2143 Lines: 23 In <11304@hacgate.UUCP>, seth@aic.dpl.scg.hac.com writes: > I've build my own sendmail.cf file using m4. The problem is that > sendmail doesn't seem to be able to locate any of our local hosts. > I get: seth@aic ... host name lookup failure. > > How do I tell sendmail where to find the host? It's in /etc/hosts > and I'm running YP. > > thanks, > Seth Goldman > seth@aic.hrl.hac.com Inquiring minds want to know! Especially mine. If you find out anything on this question, please let me know. I've been beating my head against a wall since updating to A/UX 2.0. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm Duncan | Internet: wmd@tippy.cs.purdue.edu Dir. Exec. Ed. Computing | Duncan Communication Public Access UNIX BBS Krannert School of Mgmt | (317) 567-2143 24 hours, 300/1200/2400 Purdue University | Rt #1 Box 98E, Battle Ground, IN 47920