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From: mcdonald@AEDC-VAX.AF.MIL
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Name Server problem
Message-ID: <9106181325.AA23813@ccfiris.aedc>
Date: 18 Jun 91 13:25:10 GMT
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Since you can't just type in ben or jerry from the PI, this means that your
machine has no domain associated with it.  You can create a /usr/etc/resolv.conf
file or you can put the PI's name in /etc/sys_id as PIname.domain.name.
This should solve your problem.


  vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
  | Kenneth M. McDonald * OAO Corp * Arnold Engineering Development Center |
  |          MS 120 * Arnold AFS, TN 37389-9998 * (615) 454-3413           |
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  INTERNET:
  mcdonald@aedc-vax.af.mil

  LOCAL:
  c60244@ccfiris