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Name: smokey
Date: July 24, 2002 at 09:35:39 Pacific
Comment:

hi all

i am running solaris 8 x86
i am able to connect to web via ip addresses but not via www addresses
i assume it is dns issue , but am unable to workout where the dns server information goes

cheers for any help



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Name: karen
Date: July 24, 2002 at 11:59:15 Pacific
Reply:

2 things to check:

Make sure you have a resolv.conf file

#
#resolv.conf file
#
domain something.net (your domain name)
nameserver 192.168.0.1 (your local ip address)
nameserver 216.13.65.12 (your isp's dns address)
nameserver 216.13.68.12 (your isp's dns address)

Edit your /etc/nsswitch.conf file which tells the Solaris where to go for name resolution.

cp nsswitch.dns nsswitch.conf
or
cp nsswitch.files nsswitch.conf

Make sure the hosts line reads: files, dns

if fixing these 2 files doesn't help. I have a whole website with how to's on this and related topics: http://www.techgirl-net.com/

Good Luck!


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Response Number 2
Name: esu (by Raj)
Date: July 24, 2002 at 12:01:23 Pacific
Reply:

hi,
edit your nameserver ip in /etc/resolv.conf file

nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
search your domain name

after that check with nslookup command.


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