-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > -----Original Message----- > From: surinder singh [mailto:surindersingh@bflsoftware.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 8:23 AM > To: linux > Subject: How to specify url for a linux machine > > > I specified linux.bflsoftware.com as domain name in 'netcfg' but i > am unable to 'ping -c4 linux.bflsoftware.com'. If i ping the IP > then it is > OK. I have specified DNS in netcfg. Will my machine send > name->IP entry > request to the DNS or i have to request concerned person to > manually make this entry in DNS table. What you set on your local machine won't (under normal conditions) be send to the DNS server. You should ask the administrator of bflsoftware.com (most probably sth. like dnsmaster@bflsoftware.com) to add a A-record referring the name linux(.bflsoftware.com.) to your IP-adress. ******* Groetjes vanwege ***** Greetings From ******* Dieter Demerre - http://www.angelfire.com/de/ddemerre ddemerre@acm.org - ext.dieter.demerre@siemens.be -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBOWG8AglG34XnM6kpEQKuzgCgukK85ULH3u+5SNrnjq2W6Dc66fIAoON9 YG0mAOSkzNbBTjhpyYGcFa6r =Mu6m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
