[ILUG] Network access problems :-(

[Dave Airlie]

check /etc/nsswitch.conf has hosts: dns files or something in it ..

make sure dns is in the line,..

Dave.

On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Lemon, Matthew wrote:

> I just looked in the resolve.conf file and it has the domain name and the
> two nameserver addresses in there.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gavin McCullagh [mailto:gavin at fiachra.ucd.ie]
> Sent: 07 November 2001 16:39
> To: 'ilug at linux.ie'
> Subject: Re: [ILUG] Network access problems :-(
>
>
> On Wed, 07 Nov 2001, Lemon, Matthew wrote:
>
> > I have a new installation of RH7.2 running on my desktop at work.
> > The machine starts without any errors but if I try to ping any machine by
> > it's name, the ping fails. I can ping to an IP address but not a name. I
> > checked the DNS settings for the card in Linuxconf and they are the right
> > ones. What could be wrong ?
>
> Aparently a number of people have been having problems with linuxconf.
>
> Try editing /etc/resolv.conf it should look like:
>
> search ucd.ie
> nameserver 137.43.1.13
>
> where your domain is ucd.ie and yor dns server is 137.43.1.13.
>
> The restart networking by
>
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/networking restart
>
> (that might be network not networking I don't know cos I don't use RH).
>
> Gavin
>
>
>
>

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