Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 01:56:11 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De> To: joki@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de (Joachim Kuebart) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netscape Navigator 3.01 without named Message-ID: <199704052356.BAA03843@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> In-Reply-To: <199704052218.AAA02017@shire.domestic> from Joachim Kuebart at "Apr 6, 97 00:18:38 am"
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Hi, > Has anybody else noticed the problem that Netscape Navigator 3.01 wants to > get DNS data before querying a host? My local setup works with a /etc/hosts file > and /etc/host.conf is: > > hosts > bind > > I am unable to get Netscape connect to the local httpd even if I enter its IP address, > Netscape keeps complaining about not finding the hosts DNS entry (although it is located > in the /etc/hosts file). Do I have to start named (and live with the overhead) to get > it working properly? > > c u Jo > Netscape and some other programs (nslookup(8), host(1)) seem to ignore /etc/host.conf and /etc/hosts. This annoying "feature" unnecessarily bloats the administration of small local networks that are connected to the Internet by a switched line only. I am very much interested in a solution to this problem that avoids firing up named just for telling me who I am. Wolfgang
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