[Sussex] [OT] Solaris / Sun OS question

[Mark Harrison]

Have you configured /etc/nsswitch.conf ???

Set it to something lile

==========

hosts:      files dns

==========

Which will tell it to look in files (/etc/hosts) then resolve DNS
(/etc/resolv.conf)

If it's currently just set to "hosts: files", that would explain your
problem.

Regards,

Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff Teale" <gteale at cmedltd.com>
To: <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:49 AM
Subject: [Sussex] [OT] Solaris / Sun OS question


> OK, I am well aware that this is the wrong list, but there's at least a
> little Solaris clue here..
>
> I have a Sun Ultra 5 dual booting Gentoo Linux and Solaris 9.
> Everything under Gentoo is hunky-dory but I have a problem with name
> resolution under Solaris.
>
> The machine is setup to use DHCP.  It gets an IP correctly but it
> doesn't seem to get any DNS settings from the DHCP server.  My linux
> boxen all acquire:
>
> nameserver 10.0.0.138
> search lan
>
> .. but the Solaris box doesn't, and there doesn't seem to be an option
> for this in /etc/defaults/dhcpconf (or whatever that file is called ;-)
> ).
>
> Noting this I have manually added an /etc/resolv.conf (this file didn't
> exist before).  This makes nslookup work correctly, but ping and
> netscape are still both unable to resolve hostnames.
>
> *sigh*
>
>
> -- 
> GJT
> gteale at cmedltd.com
>
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> History doesn't repeat itself -- historians merely repeat each other.
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