name service

[Loki Jorgenson Rm421]

	Hey ho...

	I am not a subscriber to info-iris so pardon me if this question
has been fully dealt with before.

	We are running Ultrix 3.2.1 on a new IRIS Personal 4D in the midst
of a cluster of SUNs running SUN OSv3.5.  A 3/180 provides name-service 
for the local group (Physics.McGill.CA); its address is
frodo.Physics.McGill.CA (132.206.9.1).

	My problem is that the IRIS seems to have trouble using the
nameserver to resolve its own name during start-up of the window
server (ie. during full-graphic console login).  If the contents of the IRIS'
/usr/etc/resolv.conf contain (at bootup):

domain		Physics.McGill.CA
nameserver	132.206.9.1

the window start-up will fail claiming that it "cannot resolve address
127.0.0.1".  This is patently silly since this is the resolved loopback
numerical address as it *should* need it. ???

	When /usr/etc/resolv.conf is removed (and IRIS rebooted), the
window server starts up properly by accessing the /etc/hosts file.
I can effectively have it boot up without resolv.conf and then put in
afterward and have everything work fine.  I can even login and logout
and login again *without* problems.  The only depedence seems to be the
presence of the resolv.conf file *during boot*!!

	What am I missing?  

	Please Email direct since I am *not* on the mail list.

Thanks in advance,

Loki Jorgenson			node:  loki at physics.mcgill.ca
Physics, McGill University	fax:   (514) 398-3733
Montreal Quebec CANADA		phone: (514) 398-6531

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