In message <Marcel-1.09-0426154727-0b0XH%H@ravel.knoware.nl>,
     Leo Smiers wrote:

> 
> After setting up the SLIP connection I am left with one problem.
> I can not get dynamic name resolving (Bind,named) get to work.
> I have configured the /etc/resolve.conf and namedb files. If I
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That should be /etc/resolv.conf. Probably just a typo.

> try dnsquery I get a valid respons from my providers name server.
> However when I want to use another tool (ping, ftp, telnet) and start
> it with an unknown (not known in the /etc/hosts file) server I get
> 'unknown host'. Do these tools use the resolver method? If I use 
> an address (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) the tools work ok.
> 
> Who can give me a hint.

The program to test your name resolution with should be "nslookup". It can
also be used interactively (without parameters). Try using "set debug"
within nslookup and you'll see a lot of output when you try to resolve a
hostname or ip address.

> 
> Leo Smiers
> 

Regards,
   Stefan

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Stefan Voss
(voss@yoda.in-berlin.de)