NXDOMAIN problems

[G.W. Haywood]

Hi there,

On Tue, 17 Nov 2020, Boylan, Ross wrote:

> I have been experiencing NXDOMAIN errors ...
> ... There are a lot of complications.
> ... The remote machine is only accessible though VPN 
> ... the nameserver ... is also accessible only through VPN
> ... The VPN connection has always been a bit touchy ...

In my experience, complicated usually also means unreliable.

Does it _need_ to be complicated?

Could you not just put

192.0.2.3	mymachine.ucsf.edu	mymachine

or similar into /etc/hosts (or whatever passes for that on the client)?

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73,
Ged.