resolver

[Shawn Mamros]

Take a look at the man page for svc.conf(5).  /etc/svc.conf is the
ULTRIX V4.0 file that takes the place of svcorder.  If you change
the
   hosts=local
line to
   hosts=local,bind
then the network services will resolve host table information
from DNS.

-Shawn Mamros
mamros at aiag.enet.dec.com or mamros at cavdog.enet.dec.com