Re: [LUG] resolv.conf

[Alex Charrett <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This sounds horribly familar of having misspelt "nameserver" in 
/etc/resolv.conf.

gethostbyname isn't a shell command its a C funtion, try using "host".

Alex.

On Sat, 25 May 2002, Paul Sutton wrote:

> OK grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf
> give me
> hosts:    files dns
>  which sounds ok to me
>
> typeing nslookup gives
> default server: linux
> address 0.0.0.0
>
> i tried typing nslookup 80.84.72.20 gives
> server : [80.84.72.20]
> address 80.84.72.20
> but this failed on repeated attempts,
>
> otoh using 80.84.64.20
> i get  told it can't find this address.
>
> for some reason i am now having problems with the 72.20 and 64.20 addresses.
> as above one worked.  i really don't understand what i am doing.
>
> if I ping one of these ip addresses in the resolv.conf e,g
> 80.84.64.20
> i send 11 packet and recieve 11,  from my limited understanding of this,
> this is correct
>
> i dont have gethostbyname!
>
> paul
>
> > > section of your nsswitch.conf
> > >
> > > $ grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf
> > > hosts:      files nisplus nis dns
> > >
> > > for example.
> >
> > Indeed. A good test is to do an nslookup which does not use a resolver
> > and host, which uses gethostbyname. If the nslookup works and host
> > fails, the resolver config is bad.
> >
> > Steve
> >
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