Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!CLASH.CISCO.COM!cire From: cire@CLASH.CISCO.COM Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Name Server for Local site Message-ID: <8807120429.AA14864@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 11 Jul 88 18:19:56 GMT References: <88Jul9.150709hst.4181@dorsai.ics.hawaii.edu> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 26 >> I had no problems compiling it under SunOS4.0. However, I haven't gotten the >> various network programs such as ``ftp", ``rlogin", .... to work properly >> with the nameserver. I tried moving 4.3BSD osurces over and after resolving >> some problems with ``signal", I got everything compiled. However, only >> ``finger" appears to work correctly. ``Ftp" certainly doesn't. Anyone made >> the modifications to 4.3BSD sources to get them to work properly with the >> nameserver and SunOS4.0? >> >> Torben On implementations I've seen the interface to the name server was imbeded in different gethostbyname and similar routines. These routines are contained in libc, libnet, libBSD, or some similar library set. Where is vendor dependent. These libraries need to have the name server version put into them or you need to link with the appropriate object prior to linking with the library. -c cire|eric Eric B. Decker cisco Systems Menlo Park, California email: cire@cisco.com uSnail: 1360 Willow Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025 Phone : (415) 326-1941