NETSETUP(8) libsocket Reference NETSETUP(8)
NAME
netsetup - libsocket Library Networking Set-Up
SYNOPSIS
netsetup
DESCRIPTION
netsetup sets up various configuration files for lib-
socket.
netsetup is an interactive program that creates versions
of host.conf, resolv.conf and hosts, because these are not
usually present on Windows '95 computers. These are
required for libsocket's networking to function correctly.
The files created need to moved and renamed to the Windows
directory, usually C:\WINDOWS.
In order to create the files, netsetup needs the following
information:
Your computer's name and IP address
Your domain name
Whether there is a DNS server and its IP address
(if applicable)
The first piece of information is used to create the hosts
file. The remainder is used to create the host.conf and
resolv.conf files.
The hosts file created contains entries for localhost and
whatever name you entered for your computer. This file is
used to resolve names when no DNS server is present - it
is used to translate names to IP addresses, e.g. myserver
-(gt) 192.168.0.2.
If there is no DNS server present, then netsetup will tell
libsocket to use the hosts file for name resolution before
using a DNS server. If one is present, then the order will
be reversed.
SEE ALSO
libsocket(7), hosts(5) and resolver(5).
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