From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 7 18:54:26 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA18451 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 7 Dec 1995 18:54:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA18446 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 1995 18:54:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id NAA06984; Fri, 8 Dec 1995 13:28:57 GMT From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199512081328.NAA06984@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: resolv.conf and Linux compatability To: nik@blueberry.co.uk (Nik Clayton) Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 13:28:57 +0000 () Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199512061749.RAA03666@elbereth.blueberry.co.uk> from "Nik Clayton" at Dec 6, 95 05:49:52 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Nik Clayton stands accused of saying: > > Anyone know what a Linux /etc/resolv.conf file looks like? I'm playing > around with the Linux port of Netscape 2.0b3 on FreeBSD, and it's > expecting resolv.conf to be different. This is, of course, making it > impossible to use names when referring to web servers. There was a post about this a while ago, describing the required format. I'd check with the mailing archive on www.freebsd.org; I'm trying to think of the name of the resolver they use (becuase that'd make it easier for you to find the message), but I can't, sorry. > Alternatively (and this would be even better, since I don't want to have > to maintain two copies of /etc/resolv.conf) is it possible to point the > compatability engine at another part of the disk, say > /linux/etc/resolv.conf? This already happens; it's /compat/linux -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 041-122-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[