I'm getting closer - I can do a nslookup but I can't ping - huh?
Steven M. Klass
sklass at andigilog.com
Thu Jul 13 00:34:44 UTC 2000
At 08:26 PM 7/12/00 -0400, you wrote:
>On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 05:04:53PM -0700, Steven M. Klass wrote:
> > Ok, I finally getting somewhere. Why can I do an nslookup of
> > anydomain.com and get the ip, but when I ping anydomain.com i get
> > zilch. Now if I ping the IP of anydomain.com, I get something. What's
> > goin on around here? Any Ideas?
>
>I don't remember what type of system you are on, but some will allow
>you to adjust whether regular name lookups use /etc/hosts, DNS, NIS, or
>possibly some other techniques.
>
>Under Solaris or Linux, /etc/nsswitch.conf must contain something like
> hosts: files nisplus nis dns
>or just
> hosts: files dns
>if you aren't using NIS.
>
>Under Tru64 Unix, Digital Unix, or OSF/1, /etc/svc.conf must contain
>something like
> hosts=local,bind
>I also find a file, /etc/svcorder, that contains
>
> local
> bind
>I find no documentation for this file.
>
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My nsswitch.conf file looks ok
hosts: files dns
networks: files dns
Ok, here is a real stumper...
My clients can ping by name, using Linux box as a DNS resolver. But, the
Linux box can't ping by name? Huh.
Example:
I can ping 204.71.200.243 (yahoo.com) with my linux box (DNS machine)
I can't ping yahoo.com with my linux box.
I can ping yahoo.com with an NT box using linux for DNS server.
I can ping 204.71.200.243 (yahoo.com) from NT using the Linux Box as a DNS
server.
Ok, now what... I really am stumped.
Thanks so much
Steven
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