Solaris7 and Bind8.2.2p5
James Conz
james at firetower.com
Fri Jun 23 16:20:39 UTC 2000
James,
Make sure your /etc/nsswitch.conf file lists "dns" as a resource for host
name resolution:
hosts: files dns
By default, Solaris installs with just "files" for hosts. This means that
your applications will only check your local /etc/hosts file and never use
DNS.
JC
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On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 jfmuse at chesapeake.net wrote:
> Bind-users,
>
> I have just recently went through and installed completely the Bind 8.2.2-5 on
> Solaris 7 with the lates patches for Solaris 7. I am able to query my domain as
> well as others using nslookup. However, when I try to use an aplication like
> telnet to some hostname which the dns must resolve I get the following error:
>
> " Unknown host"
>
> I must have done something wrong with the install. Does any one have a clue on
> how to correct this problem. I also tried web browsing from the DNS server and
> got the same "Unknow host" error.
>
> James
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