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[John <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeffrey Laramie wrote:

> On Monday 21 February 2005 06:39, John wrote:
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> > Fergus Wilde wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > On Monday 21 February 2005 11:05, John wrote:
> > >      
> > >
> > > > steve wrote:
> > > >        
> > > >
> > > > > On Monday 21 February 2005 10:49, John wrote:
> > > > >          
> > > > >
> > > > > > steve wrote:
> > > > > >            
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Sunday 20 February 2005 20:42, John wrote:
> > > > > > >              
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > /home is one of four directories that I wish to share
> > > > > > > > (the others are custom, not part of the standard
> > > > > > > > structure).
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > When trying to configure NFS client in YAST (the server
> > > > > > > > was also configured in YAST), it gives me the option to
> > > > > > > > choose the NFS server hostname.
> > > > > > > >                
> > > > > > > use the IP of the server rather than its name and see if
> > > > > > > that makes a difference.
> > > > > > >              
> > > > > > Yes that works.
> > > > > >            
> > > > > Good. Now you should be able to see /home on the client
> > > > > where you mounted it. Yes?
> > > > >
> > > > > If you want to use the host name rather than the IP then add
> > > > > the name and IP to the /etc/hosts file on the client
> > > > >          
> > > > Shouldn't DNS take care of that?
> > > >        
> > > Have you got a fully functioning DNS set up on your network?
> > >      
> > I hope so. Certainly, my web service (Apache) distinguishes between my
> > domain names. However, whilst my XP workstation seems to resolve the
> > FQDN of my Linux (SuSE 9.2) server, my laptop (also SUSE 9.2) does not.
> >
> > All of my configuartion has been with YAST; which files do I need to
> > edit (and with what information) to sort this?
> >    
>
> YaST->Network Services->DNS and Host Name
>
> Make sure the IPs of the DNS servers is correct. If you don't use a Search 
> Domain then you will need to use the fully qualified host name when naming 
> the server in NFS (ie, myhost.mydomain).
>
> Jeff
>
>  
I've checked the configuration in YaST as suggested and all seems as I 
would expect. My XP workstation resolves and pings all my DNS names but 
my SuSE9.2 laptop only returns unknown host.

J