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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!news.onramp.net!news.reference.com!cnn.nas.nasa.gov!ames!enews.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!main.Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!interface-business.de!usenet From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: NetBSD-Amiga /etc/netstart query Date: 5 Aug 1996 16:23:21 GMT Organization: interface business GmbH, Dresden Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4u575p$b9b@innocence.interface-business.de> References: <4tkptm$qmf@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au> <v6bugsqo7r.fsf@kechara.flame.org> <68249909@tiger.teuto.de> Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de (Joerg Wunsch) NNTP-Posting-Host: ida.interface-business.de X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.6 X-Phone: +49-351-31809-14 X-Fax: +49-351-3361187 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.amiga:13663 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4252 "Markus Illenseer" <markus@tiger.teuto.de> wrote: > > Try adding "lookup file bind" in /etc/resolv.conf? > > Interesting. Dare to comment why this option is not as per default in > resolv.conf in the distribution set? Because it's generally considered a Bad Thing to give the local system administrator (/etc/hosts) precedence over the network administrator (DNS) regarding network questions. -- J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de http://www.interface-business.de/~j