Re: [LUG] resolv.conf

[Neil Stone <Neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That'll do it... should read..

nameserver 80.84.72.20
nameserver 80.84.64.30

Sorry, i only just started to watch this as i recently had problems with 
internet and name resolution...

On Sat, 25 May 2002, paul wrote:

> ok,  /etc/resolv.conf just contains the following
> 80.84.72.20
> 80.84.64.20
>
> will have a look through my red hat 6 book and try and correct the file
>
> paul
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alex Charrett" <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 7:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [LUG] resolv.conf
>
>
> > 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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