a nameserver problem

[Ian Hoyle]

ianh at resmel.bhp.com.au (Ian Hoyle) writes:

>for various reasons we were experiencing problems with some of our nameservers
>so I thought I would use the "hostresorder" keyword in the resolv.conf file.

>Why is the follwing behaviour occuring (Irix 3.3.1)

[ examples of ping not working]

>designated in resolv.conf, but why can't I ping it ??? Sure, sgi.com isn't
>in my /etc/hosts file, but I thought that the "hostresorder" line would
>have forced the use of BIND at this stage to get an address.


*fat* fingers were the answer !! :-( 

I hang my head - I had "bin" instead of "bind" in the resolv.conf file.

Suffice to say that was not sufficient. All is in order.

	ian
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