To set up a station as a client of remote servers, add nameserver entries for the Internet addresses of the name servers to /etc/resolv.conf. For example:
You can specify up to three nameserver entries. It is usually not necessary to create this file if you have a local server running. An entry for the local server should use an Internet address of 0 (meaning "this station").nameserver 128.32.130.12
On client and server stations, the name in /etc/sys_id should be set to the fully qualified domain name. For example:
However, if you choose not to use fully qualified domain names, add a line with the keyword domain and the station's domain to the resolv.conf file. For example:monet.Berkeley.EDU
The gethostbyname and gethostbyaddr library routines are normally configured to access station information in this order:domain berkeley.edu
To enable the system manager to copy files from another station when it is in single-user mode, the /etc/hosts file should contain entries for important stations in addition to the entries for the local station's network interface(s) and localhost. See the hosts(4) reference page for more information about the format.