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From: jgarb@erim.org (Joe Garbarino)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: gethostbyname and nameserver resolution
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Date: 31 Jan 89 21:26:13 GMT
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I don't know what version of the OS you're running, but I am running SunOS
V4.0.1 and am accessing the nameserver.  It required me to edit the
Makefile for the yp (/var/yp/Makefile) and change the makedbm to makedbm
-b for the hosts database.

The nameserver was also available in V3.5.  To use it required the yp
server be started up as ypserv -i

Unfortunately, this information is not clearly documented for V4.0 (under
the makedbm command switch -b), and not at all for V3.5.

	Joe Garbarino
	ERIM
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