SUMMARY: Xterminals and DNS question..

From: Ricardo (ricky@FibHaifa.com)
Date: Mon Dec 28 1992 - 11:53:29 CST


The Original Posting:
|>
|> Hi Neters:
|>
|> How can I make the X-terminals recognize names in place of IP numbers
|> as host-names, without running DNS (Domain Name Services or BIND)?..
|>
|> The stage:
|> - Dozens of NCD Xterminals (17c and 19), booting from a
|> SPARCStation 4/40 (IPC) called `vivaldi'.
|> - We **don't** use DNS but NIS (Yellow Pages..).
|>
|> In the past these Xterminals recognized names in place of IP addresses,
|> `vivaldi' was a NIS Master server for it's own domain (called `facs') and we
|> didn't use DNS.
|>
|> When `vivaldi' has become a Slave NIS server for other domain (`fibronics')
|> and `facs' domain was removed.. the Xterminals didn't want to recognize names..

The SUMMARY:

1) NCD Xterminals use DNS to recognize host-names

2) A Hack is to let `inetd' run in.tnamed (in the /etc/inetd.conf).
   ...
   name dgram udp wait root /usr/etc/in.tnamed in.tnamed
   ...
   This is used for domain-services on IEN-116 Domain Protocol..

3) Many Many thanks to: (Sorted by Name)
     Barry Margolin <barmar@Think.COM>
     Brendan McKenna <drendan@oc3c-emh1.army.mil>
     Danny Backx <db@sunbin.be>
     Ed Killian <adminefk@sn474.utica.ge.com>
     Evan Davis <support@ncd.com>
     Jonathan B. Horen <horen@netcom.com>
     Karl Denniger <karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
     William Kucharski <kucharsk@anthraz.Solbourne.COM>

4) Sorry If I forgot someone...

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