Date: Thu, 8 Jun 1995 09:16:59 -0500 (CDT) From: "Eric L. Hernes" <erich@lodgenet.com> To: Brian Litzinger <brian@MediaCity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mosaic-linux-2.6b2 mostly works Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950608091412.4804E-100000@jake.lodgenet.com> In-Reply-To: <m0sJbz3-000reTC@easynet.com>
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On Thu, 8 Jun 1995, Brian Litzinger wrote: > Date: Thu, 8 Jun 1995 00:26:29 -0700 (PDT) > From: Brian Litzinger <brian@MediaCity.com> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Mosaic-linux-2.6b2 mostly works > > Mosaic-linux-2.6b2 mostly works under the linux emulator that was > recently posted for xdoom. > > However, it get the error messages: > > resolv+: "hosts" is an invalid keyword > resolv+: "bind" is an invalid keyword > > and Mosiac is unable to do hostname to ip resolution. > > I.E. everything works find as long as you use IP numbers. > > Have I got something configured wrong? well, yes and no. Linux uses a different format for their /etc/host.conf file. If you look in your /etc/host.conf you will see amongst some comments the two lines: hosts bind which are confusing to linux' resolv+. the quick fix is to mv /etc/host.conf //etc/host.conf.bsd by the way Netscape works too. > > Thanks, > > Brian Litzinger > brian@easynet.com > > eric. -- erich@lodgnet.com erich@rrnet.com
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