[SunRescue] So I'm a dope - I can't figure out what I'm missing here...

[Paul Phillips]

Ken -

Did you edit

/etc/nsswitch.conf

so it will use dns?

If not, you must change the line that reads

hosts:  files

to

hosts:   files  dns

Reboot, then it should work.

Good luck.
Paul Phillips

--On Sunday, May 28, 2000 8:38 AM -0400 Ken Hansen <n2vip at bellatlantic.net> 
wrote:

>
> Hello,
>     I just rebuilt my SPARCBook 3GX with a new larger HD (6.4 Gig) and I
>     am  stuck on a Solaris issue: I can access the internet using IP
> addresses, but  not names.
>
> I installed Solaris 2.6, the 40+ Meg Recommended Patch Cluster, and all
> available  Tadpole-specific tools - the laptop runs fine, cot CDE up and
> running, suspend etc.
>
> I manually adjusted these values:
>
>     Added a host and two name servers to /etc/hosts:
>
>         192.168.1.32    tadpole
>         ###.###.###.###    nameserver
>         ###.###.###.###    nameserver2 (?) from memory
>
>     Created /etc/resolv.conf with the following:
>
>         # /etc/resolv.conf
>         domain bellatlantic.net
>         nameserver ###.###.###.### (as supplied by DSL router - values it
>         got from bellatlantic.net)  nameserver ###.###.###.###
>
>     Then I created a /etc/defaultrouter file
>
>         # /etc/defaultrouter
>         192.168.1.1 (my DSL router IP)
>
> As I said, I can access machine on my local network by IP (DHCP WinPCs,
> names not  available, no local nameserver to resolve them), and I can
> telnet/ping valid IP addresses  at will - but sun.com comes up as an
> unknown host...
>
> Any ideas? I question the domain line in /etc/resolv.conf and wonder if
> there is somewhere  where I need to tell Solaris to use DNS, then files -
> but I can't remember/find it documented.
>
> (BTW, hosts added to /etc/hosts can be found by name, of course)
>
> AFAICT (As Far As I Can Tell) this is a pure Solaris issue, the hardware
> appears to be  functioning fine...
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ken
> n2vip at bellatlantic.net
> (Still eagerly awaiting my Ultra 2... Wish it came for the long weekend
> :^(  Oh well)



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Paul Phillips
Director of Orchestral Activities, Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University

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