NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #16/NN_1992_16.iso/spool/alt/sys/sun/3015

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From: [e-mail] (Mike Santangelo (UNIX/VMS Sysmgr))
Newsgroups: alt.sys.sun,comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Q: sendmail.cf & name resolving in 4.1.2
Summary: Some questions on sendmail.cf and name resolving
Keywords: sendmail.cf,nameresolving
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 31 Jul 92 17:41:37 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland University College
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Couple of questions... Just installed SunOS 4.1.2 on our of
our Sun IPC's...

1) How do I get utilities like 'telnet' and 'ftp' to look at
   the info I have put in /etc/resolv.conf?  nslookup does,
   but telnet and ftp insist on using /etc/hosts.  We have some
   other Suns running 4.1.1 and who are NOT running 'named' and
   who's telnet and ftp make use of a remote name server automatically.

2) The 'out-of-box' sendmail.cf in /etc seems to need some tweaking.
   Apparently it has some default fields that are generic after install
   that when sending mail to other hosts they don't like.  What are
   the minimally required edits to this file to make things work nicely
   and/or is there a nice sendmail.cf generator (friendly front-end)
   that can re-do one.

Thanks!
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