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I'm running 3.03 Redhat linux, and when i key in 'dip -t' (or any kind
of dip incantation) I get a 'Host name lookup failure'.  Anyone have an
idea on what I've done wrong?

Thanks!
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Quote:>I'm running 3.03 Redhat linux, and when i key in 'dip -t' (or any kind
>of dip incantation) I get a 'Host name lookup failure'.  Anyone have an
>idea on what I've done wrong?

  Make sure the line:

        order hosts,bind

  is in your /etc/host.conf, and the line

        <Your IP address>        mymachinename.whatever.com mymachinename

  is in your /etc/hosts file.

  Dip should have no troubles with looking up your hostname after that.

  If you're on a dynamic SLIP line and don't know your IP address
beforehand... um... run and hide, I guess. One way around the problem
might to be to change the line in /etc/hosts that looks like:

        127.0.0.1       localhost

  to read:

        127.0.0.1       localhost mymachinename

  Then when DIP looks up the address of "mymachine," it'll get back
"127.0.0.1" and go along on it's merry way. I'm not sure DIP really
cares what result it gets back. But it surely will fall over and die
if it gets no result back. So you just kind of fool DIP by giving it
a "dummy" value when it asks.

  This might be a workable kludge; however, it may cause unforseen problems,
too. I'm not entirely sure. It does work for me. Try it. If it works for you
also, then great. If not, you might want to look into setting up a small,
cache-only nameserver. It's kind of a pain, and perhaps a bit overkill, but
it seems to cure just about any woes you might be having with hostname lookup
failures.

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