Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!munnari.oz.au!bruce!merlin!ianh From: ianh@resmel.bhp.com.au (Ian Hoyle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: a nameserver problem Message-ID: Date: 2 May 91 13:45:35 GMT References: Sender: usenet@resmel.bhp.com.au (USEnet nntp account) Organization: BHP Research - Melbourne Laboratories, AUSTRALIA Lines: 31 ianh@resmel.bhp.com.au (Ian Hoyle) writes: >for various reasons we were experiencing problems with some of our nameservers >so I thought I would use the "hostresorder" keyword in the resolv.conf file. >Why is the follwing behaviour occuring (Irix 3.3.1) [ examples of ping not working] >designated in resolv.conf, but why can't I ping it ??? Sure, sgi.com isn't >in my /etc/hosts file, but I thought that the "hostresorder" line would >have forced the use of BIND at this stage to get an address. *fat* fingers were the answer !! :-( I hang my head - I had "bin" instead of "bind" in the resolv.conf file. Suffice to say that was not sufficient. All is in order. ian -- Ian Hoyle /\/\ Image Processing & Data Analysis Group / / /\ BHP Research - Melbourne Laboratories / / / \ 245 Wellington Rd, Mulgrave, 3170 / / / /\ \ AUSTRALIA \ \/ / / / \ / / / Phone : +61-3-560-7066 \/\/\/ FAX : +61-3-561-6709 E-mail : ianh@resmel.bhp.com.au