Some may say that there is a difference between setting up your interface and configuring your nameservice.
I agree it should at least have links for next steps pointing to a section on configuring your name service. Mike Harry Putnam wrote: > 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? > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org -- Mike Ramchand Principal Field Technologist Systems Practice Sun Microsystems (UK) Tel: +44 125 2421091, Ext: (70)21091, Mob: +44 780 1179593 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3253 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/desktop-discuss/attachments/20090305/87245847/attachment.bin>
