Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!wciu!wvus!pete From: pete@wvus.wciu.edu (Pete Gregory) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: name service heritage Message-ID: Date: 3 Apr 91 03:10:35 GMT Distribution: usa Organization: World Vision U.S. Lines: 16 Hi - Our UNIX vendor (Unisys - Sys V.3.2 which they call PTX 1.1.1) doesn't support "name service", at least not yet (they may in a future release). What is name service's "heritage"? From which UNIX did it come? Is it standard on few/some/most other AT&T-based UNIX releases? A million thanks.... Pete Gregory, UNIX SA | pete@wvus.wciu.edu | World Vision USA/ISD | wciu!wvus!pete ___|___ 919 W. Huntingon Dr. | Voice: 818/357-7979 x3347 | Monrovia, CA 91016 | FAX: 818/303-6212 | | Sponsor a hungry child for only $20/month. 1-800-423-4200