Re: Netscape

["Christopher C. Chimelis" <chris@debian.org>]

On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Rob B wrote:

> Netscape: subprocess diagnostics (stdout/stderr)
> init_svc: bad format in file /etc/svc.conf
> getsvc: cannot initialize from /etc/svc.conf
> 
> My /etc/svc.conf file looks like:
> 
> aliases=local
> group=local
> hosts=local,bind
> netgroup=local
> networks-local
> passwd=local
> protocols=local
> rpc=local
> services=local
> 
> SECLEVEL=BSD   # for backwards compatibility ONLY

Do you have bind running anywhere or are you using your ISP's nameserver
on your subnet?  Either way, it sounds like it's not finding some/all of
the hosts it needs to find in /etc/hosts and in the DNS (check resolv.conf
for a good nameserver entry).

I *highly* recommend running bind on at least one machine within your
subnet, even if it's just a caching-only nameserver.

C