NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/unix/ultrix/9126

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!blaze.trentu.ca!ccksb
From: [e-mail] (Ken Brown)
Subject: how to fix unknown host error?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Organization: Trent University, Ontario
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 22:04:31 GMT
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I suspect there's a simple answer to this.

I've added a host (let's call it newhost) to our net.  I cannot reach
another host off our site with telnet, ping or rlogin from newhost but I
can from other hosts here.  We run yellow pages, our nameserver is a
VAX 4000.  If I want to reach a host called outsidehost the following
results;

ping gives -> unknown host outsidehost
rlogin gives -> unknown host
telnet gives -> Hostname lookup failure

I guess I'm not getting to our nameserver but as a new sysadmin I'm not
well enough versed with unix/ultrix configs.  The host newhost is a
`diskless client' like our other diskless clients. rc and rc.local are
the same.  I'm uncertain if our VAX sysadmin has included newhost in the
nameserver tables, or if this is required.

Any help and/or pointers would be appreciated.

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Ken Brown                                   internet: [e-mail]
Trent University Computing & Telecommunications  tel: [phone]
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, K9J 7B8           fax: [phone]