unknown host on server

[Frank Hess]

The line is present in the nsswitch.conf.

Any more ideas?

Frank

Am 13.09.04 01:44:21, schrieb Kerry Thompson <kerry at security.geek.nz>:

>On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 07:18, Frank Hess wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> i have set up a bind server for my intranet. From my clients the dns works fine. But by trying a ping ot telnet command on the server himself  i get the error message 
>> "Unknown host". Paradoxically the dig and host commands are working on the server.
>> 
>> Has anyone an idea why the dig command works fine on the server and the ping or telnet commands malfunctions?
>> 
>> I am using bind 9.2.3 and SUSE Linux 9.1
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>Check that your /etc/nsswitch.conf file contains a line like:
>
>    hosts:      files dns
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>dig/host don't seem to use nsswitch.conf, while the vanilla unix
>commands like ping & telnet do.
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>-- 
>Kerry Thompson CCNA CISSP
>IT Security Consultant
>http://www.crypt.gen.nz
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