FYI

Just make sure you don't have a blank(space), before the "domain" and
"nameserver" commands!

/K


> Angående:   Reslvcnf & Hosts.Net
> 
> Okay my earlier problem with FTP turned out that it couldn't look up the
> name from hosts.net because it got tied up going to the DNS referred to in
> Reslvcnf.net.
> 
> In speaking to the RC, I got a very nebulous answer that it's
> communicating
> with the DNS but it's getting something back it doesn't like, therefore it
> never gets to the hosts file... Hmmm.......
> 
> I have another call in, but in my haste to understand this, could someone
> please elaborate on how these should work?
> 
> *Some further clarification* if I comment out the IP address in Reslvcnf,
> both "NETTOOL.PING" and "FTP" can reference the *names* in the hosts file
> --
> If I put the IP back in, both "NETTOOL.PING" and FTP can reference the
> *names* in the DNS server....  But I can't seem to have both
> simultaneously.
> 
> Thus the following questions:
> 
> 1) Does a DNS in Reslvcnf supercede the functionality of the Hosts.Net
> file?
> 
> 2) If the *name* in the DNS server (referred to by Reslvcnf) cannot be
> resolved, should it fall back and use the Hosts file?
> 
> -------
> Here's how the lines look in the Reslvcnf
> domain zps.com
> nameserver x.x.x.x   (where x.x.x.x is the IP addr of the nameserver)
> 
> p.s.
> I'm doing all this in an effort to get SendMail to work - a learning
> experience in process.  Next thing you know I'll be porting stuff.
>