I'm getting closer - I can do a nslookup but I can't ping - huh?

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 05:04:53PM -0700, Steven M. Klass wrote:
> 	Ok, I finally getting somewhere.  Why can I do an nslookup of 
> anydomain.com and get the ip, but when I ping anydomain.com i get 
> zilch.  Now if I ping the IP of anydomain.com, I get something.  What's 
> goin on around here?  Any Ideas?

I don't remember what type of system you are on, but some will allow
you to adjust whether regular name lookups use /etc/hosts, DNS, NIS, or
possibly some other techniques.

Under Solaris or Linux, /etc/nsswitch.conf must contain something like
	hosts:	files nisplus nis dns
or just
	hosts:	files dns
if you aren't using NIS.

Under Tru64 Unix, Digital Unix, or OSF/1, /etc/svc.conf must contain
something like
	hosts=local,bind
I also find a file, /etc/svcorder, that contains
	
	local
	bind
I find no documentation for this file.

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