[SunHELP] Ping machine.

[A. Schultz]

you need to add the following to your resolve.conf:
search kdc.xxxx.com xxxx.com


"Meng, Andrew" wrote:

> hello,
>
> No, I can not use nslookup to find the machine.This the error message: "
> can't find hw3c3363: Non-existent host/domain"
>
> I have hosts:      files dns   in nsswitch.conf.
>
> In resolv.conf on UNIX.
> nameserver 10.10.1.42           #primary  : gus
> nameserver 122.13.50.219        #secondary: scrooge
>
> this is the output of ipconfig /all on NT side
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . : hw3c3363.kdc.xxxx.com
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . : 10.10.1.42
>                               122.13.50.219
>
> Can anybody figure out what the problem is? Thanks!
>
> Andrew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ahamed afrose [mailto:afrose at siemens-dic.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 11:57 AM
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Ping machine.
>
> Can you do an nslookup from te unix machine for the NT (name) box?
> /afrose
>
> "Meng, Andrew" wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I can only ping a NT machine by IP address but not by machine name from a
> > UNIX machine; there is no problem on NT side by IP address or machine
> name.
> > The UNIX and NT machine are both pointing to the same DNS server.
> >
> > Can anyone give me any clue? Thanks!
> >
> > Andrew
> >
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