[SunHELP] dns doesn't work in solaris 9!!!!

[Wim]

Hmm...

Switched dns & files, but still the same problem....
The Dig method works! nslookup doesn't... strange!

Anthony J. Gabrielson wrote:

>Switch that dns & files entry on the hosts line.  Then try it again/
>
>Anthony
>
>On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Wim wrote:
>
>>Anthony J. Gabrielson wrote:
>>
>>>tell me about your nsswitch.conf file - especially the hosts line.
>>>
>>Here's my a extract of nsswitch.conf:
>>
>>passwd:     files
>>group:      files
>>hosts:      files dns
>>ipnodes:    files
>>networks:   files
>>protocols:  files
>>rpc:        files
>>ethers:     files
>>netmasks:   files
>>bootparams: files
>>publickey:  files
>># At present there isn't a 'files' backend for netgroup;  the system will
>>#   figure it out pretty quickly, and won't use netgroups at all.
>>netgroup:   files
>>automount:  files
>>aliases:    files
>>services:   files
>>sendmailvars:   files
>>printers:       user files
>>
>>auth_attr:  files
>>prof_attr:  files
>>project:    files
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Wim
>>
>>>Anthony
>>>
>>>On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Wim wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hello!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I have a serious problem...
>>>>when I pinged a hostname instead of an ip-address, I realised that my 
>>>>dns lookup isn't working.
>>>>I found out that dig works but nslookup don't!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>anyone has an idea?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>some output:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>bash-2.05# dig www.cisco.com
>>>>
>>>>; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> www.cisco.com
>>>>;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
>>>>;; got answer:
>>>>;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
>>>>;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
>>>>;; QUERY SECTION:
>>>>;;      www.cisco.com, type = A, class = IN
>>>>
>>>>;; ANSWER SECTION:
>>>>www.cisco.com.          20h53m59s IN A  198.133.219.25
>>>>
>>>>;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
>>>>cisco.com.              20h13m2s IN NS  NS1.cisco.com.
>>>>cisco.com.              20h13m2s IN NS  NS2.cisco.com.
>>>>
>>>>;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
>>>>NS1.cisco.com.          7h32m58s IN A   128.107.241.185
>>>>NS2.cisco.com.          1h31m7s IN A    192.135.250.69
>>>>
>>>>;; Total query time: 73 msec
>>>>;; FROM: freya to SERVER: default -- 192.168.230.6
>>>>;; WHEN: Wed Jul 10 14:15:09 2002
>>>>;; MSG SIZE  sent: 31  rcvd: 124
>>>>
>>>>bash-2.05# nslookup www.cisco.com
>>>>*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.230.6: Non-existent 
>>>>host/domain
>>>>*** Default servers are not available
>>>>bash-2.05#
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Cheers!
>>>>
>>>>Wim
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