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From: karron@KARRON.MED.NYU.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re:  Runaway named process
Message-ID: <9011160511.AA01373@karron.med.nyu.edu>
Date: 16 Nov 90 05:11:26 GMT
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Reply-To: karron%CMCL2.NYU.EDU@cunyvm.cuny.edu
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I just (re) tested my resolv.conf setup, and again, nslookup reports
the failure of my nameserver. If it was using /etc/hosts, it would get
an answer back.

Here is my resolv.conf:

domain          med.nyu.edu
hostresorder    local bind
nameserver      0.0.0.0
nameserver      128.122.135.4   #med.nyu.edu
nameserver      128.122.128.2   #nyu.edu

Here are the results with the above resolv.conf:

karron:~:102nslookup
Default Server:  karron
Address:  0.0.0.0

> ls karron
*** Can't list domain karron: No response from server
> ls med.nyu.edu
*** Can't list domain med.nyu.edu: No response from server
> exit
karron:~:103

Here are the results if I comment out the line nameserver 0.0.0.0:

karron:~:101nslookup
Default Server:  mcclb0.med.nyu.edu
Address:  128.122.135.4

> ls med.nyu.edu
[mcclb0.med.nyu.edu]
 med.nyu.edu                    server = cmcl2.nyu.edu
 med.nyu.edu                    server = acf5.nyu.edu
 med.nyu.edu                    server = egress.nyu.edu
 med.nyu.edu                    server = mcclb0.med.nyu.edu
 localhost                      127.0.0.1
 mcclb0                         128.122.135.4
 free-135-1                     128.122.135.1
 mcmnc1                         128.122.135.2
 karron                         128.122.135.3
 mcmrm47                        128.122.139.47


.lots of stuff deleted...
 mcmrm48                        128.122.139.48
> exit
karron:~:102

It is the above property that leads me to believe that the /etc/hosts
is not queries, and that a local named BIND is required to get
service from a local resolver.

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