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From: paco@cs.Virginia.EDU (Paco Hope)
Subject: Re: can't find the /etc/resolve.conf
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Vlad D. Nebolsin <vega@glas.apc.org> writes:
-> tell me please, why i can't find /etc/resolve.conf after minimal installation
-> of FBSD 2.0.5-R ? Shall I certainly install the named for work with remote
-> nameserver? 

The file is called /etc/resolv.conf.  NOT /etc/resolve.conf.  I made that
mistake before.  It's contents should be something like:

domain cs.Virginia.EDU
nameserver 128.143.136.15       athena-fo.cs.Virginia.EDU

Hope that helps.  You should not need named to use a nameserver.

Paco
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Brian "Paco" Hope              Research Assistant, Technical Support Staff
email: paco@virginia.edu                    Department of Computer Science
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