From: Alfred Schmidt (alfred@uni-paderborn.de)
Date: 07/05/93


From: alfred@uni-paderborn.de (Alfred Schmidt)
Subject: Re: 0.99pl10 & NET-010 Problems
Date: 5 Jul 1993 08:55:59 GMT

jmorris@hunan.rastek.com (Jim Morris) wrote:
> NFS mounts work, so I know the network is accessible. Unfortunately, that
> is about it. I cannot telnet, ftp, ping, or anything else. If I do,
> I get messages such as:
>
> telnet: tcp/telnet: unkown service
> ftp: ftp/tcp: unknown service
> ping: unknown protocol icmp.

If I remember right /etc/protocols is linked to /usr/etc/protocols and
(in my case) /usr/etc was linked to /etc :( Do the following:

        cd /etc
        ln -sf /conf/net/protocols ./protocols

and check whether there is the protocols file. If not, create it with
the following contents:

ip 0 IP # internet protocol, pseudo protocol number
icmp 1 ICMP # internet control message protocol
igmp 2 IGMP # internet group multicast protocol
ggp 3 GGP # gateway-gateway protocol
tcp 6 TCP # transmission control protocol
pup 12 PUP # PARC universal packet protocol
udp 17 UDP # user datagram protocol
idp 22 IDP # WhatsThis?
raw 255 RAW # RAW IP interface

> I personally do NOT like having to use a full hostname, i.e. "hostname.domain".
> Makes my prompt rather long! ;-)

Simply use `basename host.domain .domain` for your prompt.

Bye,
  Alfred

Alfred Schmidt * alfred@uni-paderborn.de * The University of Paderborn
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