Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!HI-CSC.HONEYWELL.COM!bergstr From: bergstr@HI-CSC.HONEYWELL.COM (-Darryl Bergstrom) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: Does lpd correctly use DNS ?? Message-ID: <9012211421.AA04576@heavyd.hi-csc.honeywell.com> Date: 21 Dec 90 14:21:05 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 32 ---> I am having problems getting lpd to print to a remote machine when I ---> have DNS services turned on from my workstation. SR10.2 is running ---> on both nodes. ---> ianh@morrigan-> nslookup - zaphod ---> Default Server: zaphod.bhpmrl.oz.au ---> Address: 134.18.1.1 ---> > set domain=bhpmrl.oz.au ---> > merlin ---> Server: zaphod.bhpmrl.oz.au ---> Address: 134.18.1.1 ---> Name: merlin.bhpmrl.oz.au ---> Address: 134.18.2.2 Your problem could be that lpd is using DNS and it is returning the full domain name for merlin. I had a problem exactly like this since I am changing our domain name. The file /etc/hosts.equiv (or hosts.lpd whichever you use) didnot have the full domain name in the file. so where we had merlin in our file lpd received a name of merlin.ssdc.honeywell.com even though a hostname on merlin returned merlin. hope it helps.... -darryl ian