Artem Kachitchkine <Artem.Kachitchkin at Sun.COM> writes:
[...] > OK, reboot over... the network came up and allowed all services to >> start but dns fails. I can navigate my home lan but not the internet. > > Did you edit /etc/nsswitch.conf such that the hosts entry includes dns? > > -Artem Sebastien Roy <Sebastien.Roy at Sun.COM> writes: [...] > You also need the hosts and ipnodes entries in /etc/nsswitch.conf to > both be "files dns". > > This tells the name service switch to try /etc/hosts first, then to > fallback to DNS. Michael Ramchand <Mike.Ramchand at Sun.COM> writes: > vi /etc/nsswitch.conf > > line that says hosts should read: > > hosts: files dns > > (and /usr/sbin/ifconfig -a will show how your network is configured) [...] No I hadnt... but I have now And it works now... I havent rebooted to see if it sticks but it started working soon as I edited /etc/nsswitch.conf This page: http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/2008.11/SYSADV0/How%20to%20Manually%20Configure%20the%20System%27s%20Wired%20Network%20Settings.html Needs to include the nsswitch.conf information. Line 5 at the bottom seems to leave it entirely out: 5) To preserve the configuration across system reboots, edit configuration files as follows: a. Add the IP address of bge0 to the /etc/hostname.bge0 file. b. If a router exists, add the router's IP address to the /etc/defaultrouter file. Should that have a bug submitted?
