hi all, sorry for the delayed response and thanks for all the responses.
the problem was that i was missing the line: lookup file bind from /etc/resolv.conf the server was looking for a host "localhost.mydomain.com" from my ISP. i had changed this from DHCP to static and i think the server just grabbed the last resolv.conf that was sent from the DHCP server. i guess that's the point of resolv.conf.tail. thanks again. -chaz --- francisco roque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I seem to recall dim memories of another file > where that might > > be useful, too, but I can't think of it. Somebody > else might. > > Maybe that's not on BSD. Hmmm. > > You may be thinking of /etc/nsswitch.conf or > /etc/inet/ipnodes on other > OS's, or of /etc/resolv.conf.tail on OpenBSD. On > OpenBSD, modifying > /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf should suffice. > /etc/resolv.conf.tail may > be necessary to force parameters if you use dhcp a > lot (see resolv.conf(5) > for more info). > > To the OP: IIRC /etc/hosts is set up at install time > with entries for > localhost and for the hostname, domain and/or ip > that is entered, so > take the default that Peter linked to and substitute > "my.domain" for your > domain name (or leave as is if you don't have one) > and "noname" for your > hostname. If you continue to have problems, please > post your > /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hosts files. > > Good luck, > > -f > http://www.blackant.net/ > > > > > Dave > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Openbsd-newbies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies > > > _______________________________________________ > Openbsd-newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
