[SunHELP] Netscape Problem Resolving URL's

Fri Jan 5 13:37:54 CST 2001

Hi Dennis,

   I had exactly same problem recently. Change the hosts line in your nsswitch.conf to:

hosts:  files dns

and it will work.

Regards,
Naresh

On Fri, 05 January 2001, "Lund, Dennis" wrote:

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> <P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I have a Sparc 5 running Solaris 8.  I have PPP set up and working to my ISP.</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">From command line I can ping and nslookup any site be URL.  However, when</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I try to go to any URL in Netscape, Netscape can not find the server.  If I use</FONT>
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> <P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">netstat -rn shows a valid "default route"</FONT>
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> <P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Can someone tell me what am I missing?</FONT>
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> <P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dennis L. Lund</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dennis.Lund at sciatl.com</FONT>
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-- Naresh
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