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From: katz@rpal.rockwell.com
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Subject: Re: named
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Date: 4 Jun 91 18:40:00 GMT
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In article <2821@brchh104.bnr.ca> burns@das.harvard.edu writes:
> 
> I have just set up a new Sparc2 and connected it to the Internet.  I have
> set up the named.* files.  I can't get it to interpret names dynamically;
> even though named is up and running, storing many names in its cache, I
> get a "host unknown" error every time.  What's the matter?  Do I have to
> get BIND and recompile everything, even though my machine came with named
> already installed?  (SunOS 4.1.1)
> 
Are you running NIS(YP)?  Sun's nameserver only works through NIS.
Did you remember to put the -b flag in /var/yp/Makefile to tell it you
want DNS to run?  Did you run ypbind with the -d flag to tell it to
use DNS?