Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 12:14:52 -0500 From: Joyce Harris <harris@amethyst.it.utk.edu> To: Barry Byrne <barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [Fwd: DNS question] Message-ID: <3C8E378C.6040201@itc.utk.edu> References: <NCBBIAMNAKDKFJIIGNPKIEKAHIAA.barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com>
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My nsswitch file has the line: hosts: files dns
Thanks-J
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> <mailto:harris@itc.utk.edu>
> Reply-To: harris@itc.utk.edu <mailto:harris@itc.utk.edu>
> To: "'beginners@perl.org'"
> <mailto:'beginners@perl.org'><beginners@perl.org>
> <mailto: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?
>
> --
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>
>
> --
> ÐÏࡱá
>
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<html><head></head><body>My nsswitch file has the line: hosts: files dns<br>
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Thanks-J<br>
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Barry Byrne wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:NCBBIAMNAKDKFJIIGNPKIEKAHIAA.barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com">
<div><span class="435033316-12032002"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Joyce:</font></span></div>
<div> </div>
<div><span class="435033316-12032002"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Check
/etc/nsswitch.conf has DNS on the hosts: entry. I think it defaults to
nisplus.</font></span></div>
<div> </div>
<div><span class="435033316-12032002"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"> - Barry</font></span></div>
<div> </div>
<p><font size="2">--<br>Barry Byrne, IT Manager,<br>WBT Systems, Block 2, Harcourt
Centre<br>Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland<br></font></p>
<blockquote dir="Ltr" style="Ltrpadding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(0,0,255); margin-right: 0px; "><div class="OutlookMessageHeader" dir="Ltr" align="Left"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">-----Original Message-----<br><b>From:</b>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</a>]<b>On Behalf Of </b>Joyce
Harris<br><b>Sent:</b> 12 March 2002 16:33<br><b>To:</b>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Fwd: DNS
question]<br><br></font></div><br><br>-------- Original Message --------
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><th valign="Baseline" nowrap="" align="Right">Subject: </th><td>DNS question</td></tr><tr><th valign="Baseline" nowrap="" align="Right">Date: </th><td>Tue, 12 Mar 2002 11:20:04 -0500</td></tr><tr><th valign="Baseline" nowrap="" align="Right">From: </th><td>Joyce Harris <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:harris@itc.utk.edu"><harris@itc.utk.edu></a></td></tr><tr><th valign="Baseline" nowrap="" align="Right">Reply-To: </th><td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:harris@itc.utk.edu">harris@itc.utk.edu</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="Baseline" nowrap="" align="Right">To: </th><td><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:'beginners@perl.org'">"'beginners@perl.org'"</a><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:beginners@perl.org"><beginners@perl.org></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br><pre>Ok,<br><br>I know this is not the list to send this to, but it is the most <br!
>responsive list. I have a DNS question. I just installed Solaris 8 on <br>one of our servers. I reconfigured the network files back to the way <br>they were originally. This is a copy of my /etc/resolv.conf file:<br><br>domain it.utk.edu<br>nameserver 160.36.0.66<br>nameserver 160.36.128.66<br>nameserver 128.169.50.100<br><br>When I do an nslookup I get the following error:<br>***Can't find server name for address 127.0.0.1: No response from server<br>*** Default servers are not available<br><br>It doesn't seem like it looks for the name servers in the resolv.conf <br>file. Am I missing something?<br><br>-- <br>ÐÏࡱá<br><br></pre><br><pre class="moz-signature">-- <br>ÐÏࡱá</pre></blockquote>
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