Re: [nv-l] netview name lookup

[Leslie Clark <lclark@us.ibm.com>]

As far as AIX not being able to use /etc/hosts, I don't think that is true. Many of us have successfully used /etc/hosts to override DNS by adding the file /etc/netsvc.conf with the entry 'hosts=local,bind' to cause AIX to check first the /etc/hosts file, then check whatever DNS is specified in /etc/resolv.conf. Did I misunderstand?

Cordially,

Leslie A. Clark
IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
Detroit

"Christopher J Petrina" <cjp8@meadwestvaco.com> Sent by: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com 12/22/2003 09:29 AM Please respond to nv-l

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This is how I would figure it did the Name resolution.  HOwever with Netview running on an AIX box, my UNIX guru's have come to tell me that name resolution is only done via a DNS server from AIX.  AIX cannot be configured to use the /etc/hosts file for resolution.   We ahve a DNS server that it attaches to.   And your answer is what I was looking for 

Thank you 
Chris Petrina

Jane Curry <jane.curry@skills-1st.co.uk> Sent by: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com 12/20/2003 06:57 AM Please respond to nv-l

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NetView himself has no name-to-address resolution mechanism - he uses 
whatever the host Operating System uses.  That is, if all you have is a 
hosts file with the NetView box in it, everything else will have IP 
addresses as labels.  It is strongly recommended that you have a 
reliable DNS employed by the NetView system (preferably with the NetView 
system acting as a caching / secondary DNS server).

Cheers,
Jane

Christopher J Petrina wrote:

>
> how does netview look attempt to determine the name of a device.
> i.e. in my location.conf file I am using names in place of IP 
> addresses for my gateways.  How does Netview resolve the name on a AIX 
> box? 


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