Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 12:00:16 -0500 (EST) From: Jeff Shevlen <jeff@passedpawn.com> To: Barry Byrne <barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com> Cc: Joyce Harris <harris@amethyst.it.utk.edu>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: [Fwd: DNS question] Message-ID: <20020312115529.F49573-100000@192.168.0.192> In-Reply-To: <NCBBIAMNAKDKFJIIGNPKIEKAHIAA.barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com>
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Does Freebsd have an equivalent to /etc/nsswitch.conf? Or is just not part of the OS? I'm trying to get dns setup and nslookup isn't working for me either. On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Barry Byrne wrote: > Joyce: > > Check /etc/nsswitch.conf has DNS on the hosts: entry. I think it defaults= to > nisplus. > > - Barry > > -- > Barry Byrne, IT Manager, > WBT Systems, Block 2, Harcourt Centre > Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Joyce Harris > Sent: 12 March 2002 16:33 > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: [Fwd: DNS question] > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- Subject: DNS question > Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 11:20:04 -0500 > From: Joyce Harris <harris@itc.utk.edu> > Reply-To: harris@itc.utk.edu > To: "'beginners@perl.org'" <beginners@perl.org> > > > > Ok, > > I know this is not the list to send this to, but it is the most > responsive list. I have a DNS question. I just installed Solaris 8 on > one of our servers. I reconfigured the network files back to the way > they were originally. This is a copy of my /etc/resolv.conf file: > > domain it.utk.edu > nameserver 160.36.0.66 > nameserver 160.36.128.66 > nameserver 128.169.50.100 > > When I do an nslookup I get the following error: > ***Can't find server name for address 127.0.0.1: No response from server > *** Default servers are not available > > It doesn't seem like it looks for the name servers in the resolv.conf > file. Am I missing something? > > -- > =D0=CF=11=E0=A1=B1=1A=E1 > > > > > -- > =D0=CF=11=E0=A1=B1=1A=E1 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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