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- From: ptrubey@netcom.com (Phil Trubey)
- Subject: Re: DNS-no-NIS.FAQ
- Message-ID: <7_#npdg.ptrubey@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 02:58:21 GMT
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- References: <1992Aug19.082803.6899@nntp.nta.no> <1992Aug19.185105.5910@u.washington.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug19.185105.5910@u.washington.edu> root@uesama.tjp.washington.edu writes:
- >I think that using Sun's libresolv.a will cause the machine to skip
- >/etc/hosts entirely and only use DNS. This means that things like
- >'syslogd' will be unable to find the localhost when the machine boots.
- >This is a pain.
-
- A couple of people have told me this so far ... what exactly is the
- 'pain' that occurs when syslogd can't find localhost?
-
- Also, can you not put in an alias to the machine 'localhost' in the
- DNS files that points to your local machine? Never mind - I just figured
- out why this won't work - all Suns using the DNS would all have 'their'
- localhost point to a single Sun - not the intended effect.
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