Path: vixie!pa.dec.com!bind-redist-request From: pauls@locust.cic.net (Paul Southworth) Newsgroups: local.mail.dns.bind Subject: Re: resolv.conf on Solaris 2.3 Date: 4 Oct 1994 08:45:51 -0700 Organization: CICNet, Inc. Lines: 25 Sender: daemon@vix.com Distribution: local Message-ID: <36rq3h$58b@spruce.cic.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: gw.home.vix.com X-Received: by gw.home.vix.com id AA06704; Tue, 4 Oct 94 08:45:42 -0700 X-Received: from pobox1.pa.dec.com by inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com (5.65/10Aug94) id AA12132; Tue, 4 Oct 94 08:22:30 -0700 X-Received: by pobox1.pa.dec.com; id AA08901; Tue, 4 Oct 94 08:22:02 -0700 X-Received: by pobox1.pa.dec.com; id AA08897; Tue, 4 Oct 94 08:22:01 -0700 X-Received: from relay1.UU.NET by inet-gw-2.pa.dec.com (5.65/10Aug94) id AA23996; Tue, 4 Oct 94 08:14:35 -0700 X-Received: by relay1.UU.NET id QQxked01471; Tue, 4 Oct 1994 10:51:01 -0400 X-Received: from hofmann.CS.Berkeley.EDU by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP id QQxked01432; Tue, 4 Oct 1994 10:50:55 -0400 X-Received: from rodan.UU.NET (rodan.UU.NET [153.39.128.10]) by hofmann.CS.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.9/8.6.6.Beta11) with ESMTP id HAA27381 for ; Tue, 4 Oct 1994 07:50:42 -0700 X-Received: from relay1.UU.NET by rodan.UU.NET with SMTP id QQxked23527; Tue, 4 Oct 1994 10:50:31 -0400 X-Received: from spruce.cic.net by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP id QQxked01268; Tue, 4 Oct 1994 10:50:28 -0400 X-Received: (from news@localhost) by spruce.cic.net (8.6.7/8.6.6) id KAA05389; Tue, 4 Oct 1994 10:50:27 -0400 X-To: info-bind@uunet.uu.net X-Path: locust.cic.net!pauls X-Newsgroups: info.bind X-Lines: 25 X-References: X-Nntp-Posting-Host: locust.cic.net In article , Simon Townsend wrote: >*All* I want to do is set up resolv.conf on a Sun SparcStation LX to use our >network DNS server. > >The Sun configuration seems to require me to set a flag in the NIS master to >indicate that DNS should be used. We do not use NIS. I can not find any >information on how I should set it up to work otherwise. Your maxim for the day is: "The virtue of an NIS implementation is a function of how easily you can turn it off" In the case of Solaris 2.x, I must say the NIS implementation is outstanding. 1. Edit /etc/nsswitch.conf. Make the "hosts:" line read "hosts: dns". 2. Create /etc/resolv.conf You're done! -- Paul Southworth CICNet, Inc. pauls@cic.net