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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!newsgate.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!docws001!ottnews!TOMQNX.tomqnx.com!tom From: tom@TOMQNX.tomqnx.com (Tom Torrance at home) Subject: Hylafax DNS Confusion X-Nntp-Posting-Host: 159.249.8.221 Message-ID: <DttvAH.GEA@ottnews.shl.com> Summary: Apparently doesn't use Std. DNS facilities Keywords: DNS hylafax resolv.conf Sender: usenet@ottnews.shl.com (News Administrator) Organization: SHL Systemhouse Inc. (Ottawa) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 19:25:26 GMT Lines: 20 I am puzzled. 'faxstat' program uses the first nameserver entry in resolv.conf to look up the FAXSERVER name, although I have a properly set up named running, which other programs use to lookup the address for the exact same name. This is annoying as I have a demand dial connection to my ISP. I have eliminated the symptoms by putting a 127.0.0.1 entry at the top of resolv.conf. This is an awful thing to do where resolv.conf is really needed, as I am on a slow link and my ISP is on a T3. 1) Am I wrong? Did I screw up? 2) Am I correct in believing that resolv.conf should not be used when named is running? 3) Is this likely to be a hylafax problem, or a weird resolver problem? -- tom@tomqnx.com Tom Torrance 27 Dayton Cr., Nepean Ont., Canada K2H 7N8 My opinions are personal, and not those of my employer.