jfw@neuro.duke.edu (John F. Whitehead) (11/29/90)
I am having problems getting name service working 100% on our SparcStation
1 that is running SunOS 4.1.
Running "nslookup" works OK -- everything that is a proper name returns
the correct corresponding address. I think my named.boot and related
files are OK.
1) The main problem is when I try to "ping address.domain" or "telnet" or
"finger" -- I get an "unknown host" error. I have set the "B=-b" flag in
yp's Makefile and re-executed "makeyp", but that doesn't help. For some
reason ping/finger, etc., are not querying NIS to get names not in
/etc/hosts. I have been told by a local wizard that that is a problem
with SunOS, and I need to get a different version of lib.c (?) and
recompile the above files. Does anyone know where I can get one, if this
is what I need, and let me know how to install it?
2) Nslookup works almost correctly: it gives the correct answers but with
the disclaimer: "Non-authoritative answer". Is this a problem? How do I
get rid of it? I've tried many different formats for named.boot.
3) We also have the following problem with sendmail: when sending to a
local address (inside of neuro.duke.edu), it does not send directly to the
machine, but it bumps it up to the server of duke.edu. Will this problem
vanish when #1 and #2 above is fixed, or is it a sendmail problem?
Thank you very much for your help!
John Whitehead Internet: jfw@neuro.duke.edu
Department of Neurobiology jfw@well.sf.ca.us
Duke University Medical Center Bitnet: white002@dukemc
Durham, North Carolina