SUMMARY: OSF/1 Domaina Name Server & SUNs

From: <ricardo_at_r.iie.org.mx>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 10:18:50 -0600

First of all, thank you very much for all your help. Took me some
time to send this SUMMARY because I didn't want to send it until
I test the suggestions and make it work.

QUESTION:

Our domain name server is an OSF/1. We have running in our network
VMS/UCX, HP-UX, ULTRIX, OSF/1, SOLARIS, and PC's running TCP/IP and
all of them are happy with our Domain Name Server everybody but the
SUNs. They ping, ftp and telnet the DNS but they do not use it as a
Name Server. Our DNS as I said is an OSF/1 V3.0 system configure
with BIND.

ANSWER:

First of all I should say that the SUNs in my site are not using NIS
nor NIS+, we do not need it. I didn't try to configure them with both
NIS & DNS, they are just using DNS.


        
1st.

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I ran /usr/sbin/sys-unconfig (In the SUNs of course, everything was made in
the SUNs) 
	When it gets to the point to choose among:
		NIS
		NIS+
		Other
	Select Other
	(I have SUNOS 5.3 and 5.4, in 5.3 instead of other it says
	None, you must choose None)
2nd.-
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The file /etc/nsswitch.conf must have something like this:
#
# /etc/nsswitch.files:
#
# An example file that could be copied over to /etc/nsswitch.conf; it
# does not use any naming service.
#
# "hosts:" and "services:" in this file are used only if the
# /etc/netconfig file has a "-" for nametoaddr_libs of "inet" transports.
passwd:     files
group:      files
hosts:      files dns
networks:   files
protocols:  files
rpc:        files
ethers:     files
netmasks:   files	
bootparams: files
publickey:  files
# At present there isn't a 'files' backend for netgroup;  the system will 
#   figure it out pretty quickly, and won't use netgroups at all.
netgroup:   files
automount:  files
aliases:    files
services:   files
sendmailvars:   files
3d.-
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And the file /etc/resolv.conf must be something like this:
; File resolv.conf
; domain
domain iie.org.mx
; servers
nameserver 200.0.111.130
nameserver 200.0.111.5
Of course you must include your domain name and your name servers.
And that's it.
Thanks again to all, thank you for the quick response.
Ricardo del Cueto
Electrical research Institute
ricardo_at_r.iie.org.mx

Received on Mon Jul 03 1995 - 18:54:08 NZST