Joyce, Have you verified that your /etc/nsswitch.conf file is set to point to dns on the hosts and not just files. In otherwords, you should have a line in your /etc/nsswitch.conf file similiar to this:
hosts: files dns If you are using NIS servers then your line would be: hosts: files nis dns Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Joyce Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 11:38 AM To: HURT, CHRIS [Non-Pharmacia/1000]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DNS question Yes. Ping works fine. I can reach the servers and I can do nslookup through these name servers from other servers. Joyce HURT, CHRIS [Non-Pharmacia/1000] wrote: > Can you reach those IP addresses (ping, etc) from the box in question? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joyce Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 10:20 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: DNS question > > > 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? > -- ��ࡱ� -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
