Re: HELP - gethostbyname() no longer works
On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 11:59:31AM +0000, Shao Zhang wrote:
> Hi,
> I played around with my /etc/resolve, /etc/hosts, and /etc/hostname.
> And now, the function gethostbyname() returns
> NULL.
> This seriously broke up all of my programs. I am connected in a LAN
> with a given ip address using ethernet.
>
> At a moment: my /etc/resolve.conf has nameserver 127.0.0.1
'/etc/resolv.conf
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nameserver 127.0.0.1 # localhost
nameserver 194.25.46.4 # provider 1. IP
nameserver 194.25.0.125 # provider 2. IP
> /etc/hostname has localhost and /etc/hosts has 127.0.0.1 localhost
/etc/hostname
pmurmel # my linuxbox name
figure out with `uname -n`
/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost # localhost
192.168.1.1 pmurmel.pberlau.users.muenster.de pmurmel
# "full name" of my box and name
10.0.0.1 local_ptp.pberlau.users.muenster.de local_ptp
# for ip - connection
10.0.0.2 remote_ptp.pberlau.users.muenster.de remote_ptp
# remote ip
192.168.1.2 amurmel.pberlau.users.muenster.de amurmel
# the name of the box from Adelheid is ... amurmel
Hope this helps a little,
cu
Peter
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Peter Berlau
pberlau@muenster.de
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