> From: Kim Borgman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>
> I am setting up my new N-class system.  Trying to print to my existing
> printers.
>
> Have set up the NPCONFIG file, used the same HOSTS.NET file
> setup, along
> with SERVICES.net and INETDCNF.net.  I was not using BOOTPTAB
> and INETDSEC
> on the old machine.
>
> Added the printers to the system using IOCONFIG.  REbooted
> the machine.
> (more than once).

First of all, if you are using IOCONFIG to add network printers, you do NOT
need to reboot the system. The printers are added dynamically. This was one
of the great enhancements to MPE in 5.5 time frame.

>
> If my printer is defined as an IP address in NPCONFIG, I can
> print to it, If
> it uses an 'alis' name, ie something like IILJC1.nws.com, I get the
> following error:
>
> :10:09/56/Output spooler, LDEV #121:  Domain name resolver
> return status
> nodename is unknown (HOST_NOT_FOUND).  Printer nodename lookup failed.
> Native Mode Spooler message 9665
>
<--- snip --->
Are you trying to use DNS for name resolution? If so, the presence of a
HOSTS file prevents DNS resolution. There is an enhancement, NSSWITCH, that
enables the use of both and in fact lets you determine which is tried first.
I don't know if this has GR'd yet. If this is the problem (you are trying to
use both HOSTS and DNS) check with the RC about the availability of the
NSSWITCH patch. In the meantime, you can only use either HOSTS or DNS, but
not both.

HTH

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