dns resolution: nslookup/other command

[Barry Margolin]

In article <9i5004$9nu at pub3.rc.vix.com>, Vi. <viper at gmx.fr> wrote:
>I have a problem with dns resolution. 
>The dns resolution works fins with nslookup but doesn't work with the
>other bash commands (such as ping).
>
># nslookup host.domain.com
>  server: ns
>  address: 192.168.1.2
>
>  name: host.domain.com
>  address: 192.168.1.10
>
>So nslookup works but:
>
># ping host.domain.com
>ping: unknown host host.domain.com

Is this a Solaris system?  Make sure you have "dns" in the "hosts" line of
/etc/nsswitch.conf.

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