On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 10:04 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm trying to setup a Centos 4 system, just noticed I can not > resolve my > own hostname, though, can resolve 'external' names > > # host www.sbt.net.au > Host www.sbt.net.au not found: 2(SERVFAIL) > # host www.slug.org.au > www.slug.org.au is an alias for rusty.slug.org.au. > rusty.slug.org.au has address 202.177.212.193 > > # cat /etc/resolv.conf > search sbt.net.au > nameserver 127.0.0.1 > nameserver 203.42.34.53 > nameserver 203.28.234.5 > > # cat /etc/hosts > # Do not remove the following line, or various programs > # that require network functionality will fail. > 127.0.0.1 bilby.sbt.net.au localhost > localhost.localdomain
Seems pretty straight forward: you've told it 127.0.0.1 is sbt.net.au and without doubt nsswitch tells it order is files ... dns Do your self a favour: 127.0.0.1 is localhost.localdomain localhost and nothing else. Put the local IP and name in /etc/hosts eg say you want to access www.sbt.net.au as 192.168.0.10 tell it in /etc/hosts. If you are behind an ADSL router with a network of machines and virtual hosts at play you will need your own dns and views or the magic on EVERY machine in your network. James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
