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From: logier@cheops.qld.tne.oz.au (Rob Logie)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Wanted: /etc/hosts to DNS (rfc1035) format conversion program
Message-ID: <1991Apr11.220839.17490@cheops.qld.tne.oz.au>
Date: 11 Apr 91 22:08:39 GMT
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jj@dcs.leeds.ac.uk (J Jackson) writes:


>Has anybody an off-the-shelf script of program that will read an 
>/etc/hosts file and create the database fileformat required by the
>named daemon?

>cheers
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>Jim Jackson                                  Email :
>School of Computer Studies	        UK - JANET : jj@uk.ac.leeds.dcs
>Leeds University                          Internet : jj@dcs.leeds.ac.uk
>Leeds    LS2 9JT
>UK                                           Phone :     +44 532 335451
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>     Opinions! What Opinions? I just wield the brush round here.

I was faced with a similar problem on my network, but fortunalty I have a
few HP9000 running HP-UX 7.0, which just happerns to have a function
that does what you want.  It will even produce config files for non-HP 
machines if you throw that right parameters at it (I manage the configuration
on a Pyramid MIS with it.

Have a look around you network to see if there is a HP9000, and that will 
solve your problem.  

Email me if you want more info on how to do it.



Regards 

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