What have you got in /etc/nsswitch.conf? Alexander Gutfraind wrote:
> Thanks for the reply! > I've checked my host.conf and I have those entries. > So what could be the problem? > > Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > > > In /etc/host.conf you need to have something like: > > > > order hosts,bind > > > > "bind" is what makes DNS servers get used for lookups. Without it DNS > > servers will not > > be consulted. The order says where to look first, in this case first > > /etc/hosts, then > > DNS. > > > > Alexander Gutfraind wrote: > > > > > Dear fellow Debian users! > > > > > > Here is my problem: > > > > > > I have desently installed hamm. > > > run pppconfig and it works smoothly. > > > The problems I have is with the DNS. when I type known > > > addresses with > > > numbers they load. but with names they don't resolve. > > > I have only an ISP connection so my resolv.conf has two > > > nameservers, that are 100% > > > correct since I checked them with my provider and they work > > > in windows. > > > I simply cannot find what is wrong. > > > > > > What could be the problem? -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null