"F. Alfredo Rego" wrote:
>
> At 12:20 PM -0700 6/9/01, Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >Nslookup has existed in FOS since 6.0:
> >
> >/BIND/PUB/bin/nslookup
>
> Great.  Any hints regarding HOW to coax it into working?
>
> Specifically, I would like to point it to my DNS machine
> (which is NOT the hp3000).  I would assume this is a good
> first step.  Then, once nslookup has a DNS handy, I would
> assume I can start asking it questions about name resolutions.

Yes, you can do this as follows:

1) :HELLO MANAGER.SYS

2) Edit /SYS/NET/RESLVCNF to say:

        domain adager.com
        nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Where the nameserver entry specifies the IP address of yoru external DNS
machine.  Note that you can specify multiple nameserver lines.

2) Make sure /SYS/NET/RESLVCNF is world-readable:

        chmod 644 /SYS/NET/RESLVCNF

3) Make sure /etc/resolv.conf exists as a symlink which points to
/SYS/NET/RESLVCNF:

        ln -s /SYS/NET/RESLVCNF /etc/resolv.conf

4) Before running POSIX apps such as nslookup, make sure that the TERM variable
is set as follows:

        :SETVAR TERM "hp2392a"

> I am accustomed to the easy-to-use Internet tools on the Mac,
> but after reading Mark's post I became curious about using
> the tools on the hp3000.
>
> My first try involved asking nslookup for help.  Perhaps I
> gave up too soon after just two attempts.  At least, it
> understood "exit":
>
> :/BIND/PUB/bin/nslookup
> Default Server:  dev918
> Address:  0.0.0.0
>
> >  help
> Unknown terminal "".
>
> >  ?
> Unknown terminal "".
>
> >  exit

Follow the above steps and you will see better results the next time you run
nslookup.  ;-)

> My second try involved man:
>
> :sh.hpbin.sys
> $ man nslookup
> No manual entry for "nslookup".
> $
>
> What am I missing?  As one of my physics professors used to say,
> "one must know everything before one is able to do anything".

Unfortunately the BIND in FOS lacks man pages.  Fortunately I do have man pages
in the bixby.org version of BIND from:

        http://www.bixby.org/mark/bindix.html

Once the freeware version of BIND is installed, you can do:

        export MANPATH=/BINDFW/CURRENT/man:$MANPATH
        man nslookup

> Fortunately, Mark knows everything Posix on the hp3000.

You're too kind.  But I only claim to know enough to know there are things I
don't know, like POSIX threads.  ;-)
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