Duane Percox wrote:

> I understand that ftp is still a netipc application, that is why I
> am guessing this might be the problem.

ah ha!  now i think we're finally getting somewhere!  just to catch
up with some other questions being asked in response to my
original question:
 - afaik, rslvconf is set up correctly.  it is linked to /etc/resolv.conf
 - it is named/spelled correctly
 - yes, i have a hosts.net file and it is linked *but* i don't want
every entry in our wan in the file -- that's the whole point of dns!

so back to my original question - does ftp know how to use dns?
i think duane is right.  anybody else have any thoughts/comments?
         - d

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