Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!waikato.ac.nz!hamish From: hamish@waikato.ac.nz Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: How to get telnet/ftp to use the resolver? Message-ID: <1991May17.105621.3721@waikato.ac.nz> Date: 16 May 91 22:56:21 GMT References: <1991May14.170912.9951@phillip.edu.au> Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand Lines: 24 In article <1991May14.170912.9951@phillip.edu.au>, martin@phillip.edu.au writes: > Hello all, > > 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? > > Thanks for any assistance, > -- Other than getting some source and recompiling I dont believe you have much of a choice. The sun binaries only call yp, and if made with B=-b, then yp will call the resolver. -- ============================================================================== | Hamish Marson | | Computer Support Person, Computer Science Department | | University of Waikato | |Disclaimer: Anything said in this message is the personal opinion of the | | finger hitting the keyboard & doesn't represent my employers | | opinion in any way. (ie we probably don't agree) | ==============================================================================