more DNS problems (F10)
Craig White
craigwhite at azapple.com
Thu Dec 18 12:42:25 UTC 2008
On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 06:31 -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
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> On 12/18/2008 05:18 AM, Veli-Pekka Kestilä wrote:
> > Steven Stern wrote:
> >> OK. I don't understand this:
> >>
> >> [sdstern at sds-desk ~]$ ping sstern.ccim.com
> >> ping: unknown host sstern.ccim.com
> >>
> >> BUT
> >>
> >> [sdstern at sds-desk ~]$ nslookup sstern.ccim.com
> >> Server: 127.0.0.1
> >> Address: 127.0.0.1#53
> >>
> >> Non-authoritative answer:
> >> Name: sstern.ccim.com
> >> Address: 12.40.135.219
> >>
> >> nslookup finds the right value, but ping reports unknown host. I
> >> haven't changed any of my configuration files.
> >>
> > What is in your /etc/resolv.conf ?
> > You could put localhost(127.0.0.1) as first entry in there. And maybe
> > delete other nameserver entries as you have local dns-server.
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Veli-Pekka
> >
>
> That is how resolv.conf is set. Something changed how names were
> resolved with a recent system update.
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check /etc/nsswitch.conf
Craig
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