On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Randy McMurchy
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael Franzl wrote:
>
>> My machine's hostname is 'quantum', which is
>> connected to a DHCP Router. On this router the
>> domain name is set to 'lan'. Therefore, my FQDN
>> should be 'quantum.lan'. I can ping quantum.lan,
>> quantum and localhost.
>>
>> But no matter which value I set for the DOMSUF
>> variable ("lan", "", (none), etc.), the Tests fail
>> with an Error similar to the following:
>>
>> My /etc/hosts :
>> 127.0.0.1 localhost
>>
>> Any hints appreciated!
>
> This is just a guess, but in the LFS network setup you
> are asked to create a valid 'hosts' file, which includes
> an entry for the computer (with the FQDN and any aliases).
>
> I don't see this in your 'hosts' file above. Not sure if
> it will help in your particular setup, but to me it is
> sort of unusual to not identify the computer in /etc/hosts,
> unless you have some sort of bind/dns service on your lan.To test, try "getent hosts quantum.lan". If glibc can't resolve the address, neither can NSS. -- Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
