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- From: swolfson@nyx.cs.du.edu (Sabina Wolfson)
- Subject: missing /etc/resolv.conf - help
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.022255.24385@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 02:22:55 GMT
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- Hello,
-
- The machine I have an account on at school is *missing* the resolv.conf
- file so that if I want to telnet/ftp somewhere I have to know the IP
- address of the site, not just the name. Is there something like
- gethostbyname() that will let me specify the name server to use (as is
- it just defaults to the local host which is not acceptable)? Or is
- there a way to get nslookup to use another namer server (as is I have to
- wait a minute or two for it to default to the /etc/hosts file and then
- specify another namer server -- this is a pain)? Or is there some way
- I can send a request to another name server (I know which namer server
- my site should be using)?
-
- Any help, hints, ideas would be appreciated! Please post responses or
- mail them to sabina@cns.nyu.edu.
-
- Thanks! Sabina :)
-
- p.s. yes, I already talked to the sys admin about this a few times...
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