Heya. This text helps, but "on any other system" does assume some Unix/Linux knowledge. We may need a second, more in-depth entry for the Windows (i.e. Unix/Linux neophyte) crowd. I'm not sure how to approach that, as it is a much harder hurdle. I suspect that, at some time, we (someone) will have to write an "Idiot's Guide" type doc. (I never did like the name of that series--being new to something doesn't make you an idiot.)
Rainer michelle olson wrote: > Why can't I get DNS configured? I forgot to enable DNS during the > installation and now that it's running I'm screwed? > > Don't worry, you need to edit "/etc/nsswitch.conf". There are two easy > ways to do this: 1) edit /etc/nsswitch.conf and add "dns" to the > "hosts" line, or 2) Even easier is to just use the template by copying > "/etc/nsswitch.dns" to "/etc/nsswitch.conf". Once you've got > nsswitch.conf set properly just go ahead and edit /etc/resolv.conf > like you would on any other system and DNS should work. The > nsswitch.conf file on Solaris tells each name service where to look > for information. By default all the name services look in "files" (the > normal files in /etc), but you could also specify that Solaris should > check nis, or nis+, or dns, or ldap in this file. > > Thanks, > Michelle
