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From: rich@mont.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: How to get telnet/ftp to use the resolver?
Message-ID: <rich.674417295@mont>
Date: 16 May 91 18:08:15 GMT
References: <1991May14.170912.9951@phillip.edu.au> <3366@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx> <1996@maserati.qsp.UUCP>
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In <1996@maserati.qsp.UUCP> scotts@qsp.COM (Scott Simpers) writes:
>In article <3366@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx> josevela@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx (Jose Angel Vela Avila) writes:
>>martin@phillip.edu.au writes:
>>>       I've setup the resolver and named on our sun IPC and using 
>>>nslookup everything seems to be fine.  However I, can't get telnet,
>>>ftp etc to use the name resolver.  If I'm NOT running NIS, how do I get 
>>>everything to use the resolver?
>The problem is that you are working on a Sun.  They EXPECT to run NIS.  I don't
>believe you can turn it off and have things work right.  You can tell the
>ypserv process to look to DNS/resolver by using the 'ypserv -d' command.

Nope.  I'm using a sun slc right now (sunos 4.1.1) which is not running
NIS, but is using the resolver.  You have to apply the patches to libc.so
which have been posted to a number of groups on the net.
I'll post it if there's interest.

Rich