> > However, the damn thing won't query DNS even though I have a populated > > /etc/resolv.conf. It can ping the name server, and if the name server's > > name is in /etc/hosts it will resolve it (and even telnet to it), > > but it won't talk to it for anything else. > > > > I'm not as adept at HP/UX before 10.20 (my first experience with the > > OS), but I understand 8.0 "fails over" to /etc/hosts if it has some > > issues with DNS. Fine, but how can I get it to switch *back*? There's > > no /etc/nsswitch.conf and I don't think this version supports it > > anyway. > > At the risk of showing my ignorance, how much has DNS changed since > HP-UX 8 was using DNS?
Irrelevant here, because it's a BIND 4 server on the other end too (on purpose since I have other older systems that need it). HP/UX 8 is also BIND 4. > Have you sniffed the wire to see if it's sending DNS queries and waiting > for them to fail? That's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure when to do this. By the time I actually get a root prompt, nslookup says it's already checking hosts and refuses to do otherwise. -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * [email protected] -- The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. -----
