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From: mschalit@pacbell.net (Matt Schalit)
Subject: Re: Can't get DNS on unixware 7.1.1 to work
References: <8Sbv6.1758$R.67521@ozemail.com.au> 
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 01:53:59 GMT

"Craig Green" <gmhcmg@ozemail.com.au> said:

Hi Craig,

>We have an internal network that uses IP addresses in the range of
>192.168.100.xx .  The main DNS server is an NT Server version 4 machine
>running MS proxy server version 2.  I want to set up a UnixWare 7.1.1
>machine as a DNS client on the network.  I have tried using the Client
>Manager to set the name resolution order as :
>
>DNS then /etc/hosts
>
>When DNS is the first service to be used I cannot ping, use nslookup, etc
>these utilities freeze/hang.
>If I use /etc/hosts as the first service then I can ping other hosts on the
>internal network.  


That's the way to do it, the Client Manager.  Set it to dns then hosts,
and it will work properly once you fix /etc/resolv.conf.



> I have checked the /etc/resolv.conf file and it as
>follows
>
>domain xxxxx.org.au
>search 192.168.100.3
>nameserver 192.168.100.3
>
>There is no mention of 'hostresorder'?

hostresorder is not used in 7.x.x.  Instead use Client Manager
which modifies some bizarre files to fix the order.  I forget which
one it modifies.



Try this for your /etc/resolv.conf:
-----------------------------------------------------
domain xxxxx.org.au
search xxxxx.org.au
nameserver 192.168.100.3



Other than that, it should work fine
for you.  Check it with nslookup.

Regards,
Matthew





>Does anyone know of any problems in configuring DNS and/or what
>configuration files I need to check and what are the basic entries I should
>have in these files?
>
>Regards Craig Green
>
>

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