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From: fab9452@tamsun.tamu.edu (Allan Bailey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: nslookup works, but ping, finger, telnet, et al don't : HELP!
Summary: can't figure out what i did wrong
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Date: 3 Apr 91 15:51:56 GMT
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 Over the weekend I brought up and installed a Sun 4/490, SunOS 4.1.1 .

 The problem is that our named seems to not be working properly, and I can't 
figure it at all.

 Symptoms:

  sendmail to off-campus sites returns complaining about "mailer world unknown"

  ping and finger say "unknown host"

  nslookup works fine.

 Question:

  Does anyone have any ideas what could be the problem?

  any help would be appreciated.


Allan Bailey           |Disclaimer: The views expressed herein are not
fab9452@tamsun.tamu.edu|those of Texas A&M.  void where prohibited,
                       |some thinking required, your mileage may vary.