Solaris 8 named is ignorant

[Ricardo Stella]

This is a solaris question.  You don't mention you did this so...

In /etc/nsswitch.conf change the following:

hosts:      files dns



DrSpock wrote:
> Hi.  I have a sun box running Solaris 8 (SunOS kernel 5.8) and I have
> brought it up inside my
> firewall.  It is seen by (they can telnet to it) other computers on my
> private subnet, and they can
> ping it.  I did this by
>
> creating an /etc/hosts file with all known boxes on the subnet by IP
> address and name.
>
> editing /etc/netmasks so that this subnet's netmask matches the other
> boxes and
> the router's (LINKSYS) netmask.
>
> editing the /etc/hostname.dmfe0  file and putting the hosts name in it.
>
> so far so good...
>
> In the /etc/resolv.conf file I have:
>
> domain myISP.net                         /* actually the domainname of
> my ISP */
> nameserver 6N.8N.7N.NN
> nameserver 6N.8N.7N.NN
>
> Where "N" is the correct number that matches my ISP DNS servers.  These
> 2 DNS servers
> work for all the other boxes on the subnet.
>
> Then I went into /etc/rc2.d and ran # S72inetsvc start, which starts
> in.named
>
> Sendmail complains that it is "unable to qualify my own domainname"
> and all the TCP services tell me the following:
>  Nov  4 13:29:53 sarek inetd[337]: dtspc/tcp: bind: Address already in
> use
> Nov  4 13:29:53 sarek inetd[337]: printer/tcp: bind: Address already in
> use
> Nov  4 13:29:53 sarek inetd[337]: fs/tcp: bind: Address already in use
> Nov  4 13:29:53 sarek inetd[337]: chargen/tcp: bind: Address already in
> use
> Nov  4 13:29:53 sarek inetd[337]: daytime/tcp: bind: Address already in
> use
> Nov  4 13:29:53 sarek inetd[337]: discard/tcp: bind: Address already in
> use
> Nov  4 13:29:53 sarek inetd[337]: echo/tcp: bind: Address already in
> use
> Nov  4 13:29:53 sarek inetd[337]: time/tcp: bind: Address already in
> use
> Nov  4 13:29:53 sarek inetd[337]: finger/tcp: bind: Address already in
> use
> Nov  4 13:29:53 sarek inetd[337]: uucp/tcp: bind: Address already in
> use
> Nov  4 13:29:53 sarek inetd[337]: exec/tcp: bind: Address already in
> use
> Nov  4 13:29:53 sarek last message repeated 1 time
> Nov  4 13:29:53 sarek inetd[337]: login/tcp: bind: Address already in
> use
> Nov  4 13:29:53 sarek inetd[337]: shell/tcp: bind: Address already in
> use
> Nov  4 13:29:53 sarek last message repeated 1 time
>
> >From a default multiuser boot in.named wasn't running.... After booting
> and logging in across
> the net, should I be changing the runstate to some higher level?  I
> have decades of UNIX
> experience but have been "off the horse" for an extended period...
>
> But the main question is what do I need to do to be able to resolve DNS
> lookups?
>
> A little more background info...  My LINKSYS is setup in such a way to
> use the IP's of
> the DNS servers directly (not doing the DNS itself).  The other boxes
> on the subnet use
> the real IP's of my ISP's DNS servers directly and have no trouble with
> getting to the DNS
> servers through the router.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.  I intend to upgrade the Sun box soon to
> Solaris 9 and then
> Solaris 10 and then OpenSolaris to get my UNIX skills back, but would
> like to get DNS lookups working first.
>
> One last question.  I am familiar with X11 Windows (in fact SunView,
> and OpenWindows,
> and CDE as well).  But at this point am unclear how to do the
> equivalent of "# xterm -display host"
> where host is a box acting as the Window "Server" (the machine on which
> windows from
> the sun are displayed).  A little background on what Windowing system
> is being used
> now, so I can RTFM  I don't even know what to search for to get
> programs such as
> Netscape or Mozilla to display from the sun box to a Windows XP windows
> "Server" under
> Solaris 8.
>
> My sun box has no keyboard, graphics card, or local monitor so I need
> to get this working
> so I can bring up Apache and download Solaris releases etc from a
> Browser.
>
> Thanks, DRyan
>
>
>   

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