On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > > I set up the network as instructed in the FAQ, but even trying to telnet > > anywhere gets a host name lookup failure (is this due to being in single > > user mode?). > > Can you telnet to a numeric address, e.g. telnet 206.126.32.23 > Can you look up an address, e.g. host www.gnu.org > It sounds like your problem might be with DNS rather than with IP > connectivity. If so, the relevant files under Linux are > /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/host.conf and /etc/hosts.
This is fixed (see my earlier post). The current problem is getting passwords working... Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
