Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 13:51:55 -0400 From: Daniel Frazier <dfrazier@magpage.com> To: Magnus <handaa@chello.no> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: System unable to resolve hostnames Message-ID: <3B55CCBB.4030807@magpage.com> References: <000701c10f26$e381e800$0200a8c0@chello.no>
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Magnus wrote: > FreeBSD Alpha.chello.no 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD > > What makes it even more wierd, is that I am able to resolv hostnames by > using 'nslookup'. this makes me think your /etc/host.conf is whacked. make sure the bind line is uncommented. mine looks like this... poomba:~ $ cat /etc/host.conf # $FreeBSD: src/etc/host.conf,v 1.6 1999/08/27 23:23:41 peter Exp $ # First try the /etc/hosts file hosts # Now try the nameserver next. bind # If you have YP/NIS configured, uncomment the next line # nis hope this helps... -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Frazier <dfrazier@magpage.com> Tel: 302-239-5900 Ext. 231 Systems Administrator Fax: 302-239-3909 MAGPAGE, We Power the Internet WWW: http://www.magpage.com/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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