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From: thompson@PAN.SSEC.HONEYWELL.COM (John Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: re: Name translation problems
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Date: 19 Mar 91 22:45:12 GMT
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> I declared the Apollo in the uVAX /etc/hosts and the uVAX in the Apollo
> /etc/hosts, and rebuilt the hosts database on the Apollo.  It now recognizes
> the name "motto" for telnet, rlogin, ftp, etc., but for some reason
> always translates the corresponding IP address to "0.0.0.0" which
> obviously does not produce the correct result.  Therefore,
> "telnet 129.0.199.199" works, but "telnet motto" does not.  The same goes
> for rlogin, rsh, ftp, and sendmail jobs.
When you say you rebuilt the host tables -- did you use a utility to
translate from the NIC format to the hosttable format;  did you hand-build
them;  did you use nshost?  Basically, you should start by checking the
/etc/hosts file to make sure your build (however done) worked.  There
should be a line "129.0.199.199   motto  aliases-for-motto" present.  If
there isn't, then it didn't build right.

Another problem might be the presense of /etc/hosts.dir and /etc/hosts.pag.
These files are hash-files for quick lookup.  If they're present, you can
just remove them, and it'll use the /etc/hosts file only.  You can
rebuild the hashed databases with /etc/mkhosts.

If that isn't it, try doing "/etc/nmconfig -l" to list the naming
resolution protocols.  The "hosts type" is the entry to be concerned
with.  If it's hostent_ascii, then you're using the host tables at /etc/hosts
(or /etc/hosts.dir / .pag).  If it is "hostent_bind, you're using the 
name server (/etc/named process and /etc/resolv.conf for who to use).
I wouldn't expect it to translate to 0.0.0.0, but who knows?

-- jt --
John Thompson
Honeywell, SSEC
Plymouth, MN  55441
thompson@pan.ssec.honeywell.com

Me?  Represent Honeywell?  You've GOT to be kidding!!!