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From: se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE (Stefan Esser) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: linux-emu and network Date: 24 Jan 1996 23:01:59 GMT Organization: Institute for Mathematics, University of Cologne, Germany Lines: 30 Sender: se@Sysiphos (Stefan Esser) Message-ID: <4e6dp7$a2r@news.rrz.uni-koeln.de> References: <4e2dk4$7k5@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> <4e5vu7$m3e@paperboy.osf.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: sysiphos.mi.uni-koeln.de Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!news.rucc.net.au!sparky.wire.net.au!news.internex.net.au!news.mira.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!daily-planet.execpc.com!news.sol.net!uniserve!van-bc!news.cyberstore.ca!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!blackbush.xlink.net!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!nntp.gmd.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!zpr.uni-koeln.de!se In article <4e5vu7$m3e@paperboy.osf.org>, loverso@osf.org (John Robert LoVerso) writes: |> The problem is that the /etc/host.conf file has an incompatible format |> better Linux's "resolv+" and the standard BSD resolver. |> |> BSD wants this: |> bind |> hosts |> |> and Linux wants this: |> order bind hosts |> |> You can add the "order" line to the end /etc/host.conf and then the Linux |> netscape (with Java) and xdoom will work and be able to resolve hostnames. |> You'll still get those two annoying messages when you run Linux apps that |> use the resolver, but at least everything will work. You can alternatively put "order bind hosts" into "/compat/linux/etc/host.conf" and add: RESOLV_HOST_CONF=/compat/linux/etc/host.conf export RESOLV_HOST_CONF to /etc/profile (or your private profiles). Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE>