Re: [LUG] resolv.conf

["Paul Sutton" <psutton@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf
give me
hosts:    files dns
which sounds ok to me

typeing nslookup gives
default server: linux
address 0.0.0.0

i tried typing nslookup 80.84.72.20 gives
server : [80.84.72.20]
address 80.84.72.20
but this failed on repeated attempts,

otoh using 80.84.64.20
i get  told it can't find this address.

for some reason i am now having problems with the 72.20 and 64.20 addresses.
as above one worked.  i really don't understand what i am doing.

if I ping one of these ip addresses in the resolv.conf e,g
80.84.64.20
i send 11 packet and recieve 11,  from my limited understanding of this,
this is correct

i dont have gethostbyname!

paul

> > section of your nsswitch.conf
> >
> > $ grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf
> > hosts:      files nisplus nis dns
> >
> > for example.
>
> Indeed. A good test is to do an nslookup which does not use a resolver
> and host, which uses gethostbyname. If the nslookup works and host
> fails, the resolver config is bad.
>
> Steve
>
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