Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 08:31:21 -0700 From: Caleb Walker <cwalker@cwalk.org> To: Jim Arnold <jim@ohio.com>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: netscape only works with resolv.conf and not dns Message-ID: <01061108312101.01189@butthead.cwalk.org> In-Reply-To: <3B243ECF.C65636ED@ohio.com> References: <3B243ECF.C65636ED@ohio.com>
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Maybe I dont know what you are doing, but the resolv.conf tells you computer what dns servers to use. If you want to use your own box then specify your computers ip address or even the loopback in resolv.conf On Sunday 10 June 2001 08:45 pm, Jim Arnold wrote: > this just has me curious... > > my fbsd box runs a standalone name server, setup > w/o a problem as describe in Complete FreeBSD book. > to see if it really worked i renamed my resolv.conf > to something else. i never bothered to change it back. > > after upgrading the stock netscape loaded from > my initial install of fbsd (4.76) to the 4.77 linux > version from the ports, netscape refused to use > the dns server. every other app i tried (ping, konqueror, > gaim, etc) worked fine wit the dns server. > > replacing the resolv.conf makes netscape happy but i > want to know why this is happening. > > anyone else have this problem? > > cheers, > jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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