[SunHELP] Cannot resolve by name

[Mike Nicewonger]

You need to have the default domain in the resolv.conf file. The defaultdomain
file is for NIS only.

Make your resolve.conf look something like this:

domain mydomain1

nameserver 173.16.1.17
nameserver 198.247.26.2
nameserver 12.168.2.72

Mike N


On Tue, 09 Oct 2001, you wrote:
> I am tearing my hair out on this one, and I don't have that much to pull
> out!
> 
> Running Sparcstation 10, Solaris 7 , I can ping by ip# both internally and
> externally
> I have run Solaris 8 intel version with the same configuration on the same
> network with no problems.
> Linux PC's don't have proble either.
> 
> defaultrouter
> 173.16.1.1  rt-ca100bln    			resolve.conf
> 						nameserver 173.16.1.17
> defaultdomain					nameserver 198.247.26.2
> mydomain1.com				nameserver 12.168.2.72
> 		
> 						nodename
> 						mymachine
> 
> nsswitch.conf
> hosts: files dns
> 						hostname.leo 
> 						mymachine
> hosts
> 127.0.0.1 loghost
> 173.16.5.30 mymachine
> 173.16.1.1 rt-ca100bln
> 
> nscd.conf
> enable-cache    hosts	no
> 
> Can you help me with this one, I cannot sleep.
> 
> 
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