Other than /etc/nsswitch.conf , there is also /etc/host.conf . you should
make sure that it contains:
order hosts, bind
(which means: look for a name at /etc/hosts before asking the name
server).
Also: have you tried using linuxconf?
On Sat, 25 Dec 1999, Y. Benado wrote:
> Guy Keren Wrote:
>
> > ar the quotation marks part of the file's contents? if so - remove them.
> > also, remove the 'locadomain' part, it's pointless.
> >
> > make sure your /etc/nsswitch.conf file has a line like this:
> >
> > hosts: files dns ....
> >
> > the relevant part is that 'files' should be first, and 'dns' only after
> > it.
> >
> Well.. ofcourse the quotations are not in the file... my point is i'm trying
> to set up my ISDN card.
> when i used a modem i set all the things up for the modem and then
> configured the resolv.conf. nothing else.
> here it gives me some major problems.
> does localhost nameserver 127.0.0.1 must be in resolv.conf? can you guide me
> through all the files i need to changed after a clean installation of RH for
> dialup connection? (i'll install my modem again only to check if it works)
>
> Yarin
>
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