Re: Newbie problem: can't reach an ftp site

[Peter Iannarelli <Peter.Iannarelli@GenXl.com>]

Hello Tom:

Sounds like your DNS is not setup correctly.
install the bind package and run bindconfig.

Peter


Tom Perkins wrote:
> 
> I recently loaded Linux onto my PC (Pentium II) and configured PPP
> correctly.  I am able to connect to my ISP successfully, but I cannot reach
> any ftp site (e.g. ftp.us.debian.org).  The error message I receive is
> 'Unable to locate host'.  I know the site exists because I can reach it via
> ftp from another UNIX machine.  Is there some setting I must tweak?
> 
> Any help greatly appreciated.
> 
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