I'm getting closer - I can do a nslookup but I can't ping - huh?
Joseph S D Yao
jsdy at cospo.osis.gov
Thu Jul 13 00:26:53 UTC 2000
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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Joe Yao jsdy at cospo.osis.gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
COSPO/OSIS Computer Support EMT-B
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