Eric Hanchrow wrote: > > Can anyone tell me what's wrong with my system? At first I assumed it > was a bug in the resolver library, and opened a bug against libc6 in > Debian potato (http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/45/45912.html); but the > Debian libc6 maintainer is sure that my system is merely > misconfigured. > > Here's the problem: > > When I type `ping blarg.net' at a shell, `ping' hangs. I expect it to display > > PING blarg.net (206.124.128.1): 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 206.124.128.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=62 time=25.7 ms > ... > > Other name resolution also fails. For example, Netscape hangs when > trying to visit web pages on machines other than mine. Hope this will help: I just got bit by it on a Solaris install... /etc/nsswitch.conf See the attachment.... it works on my linux (and the Solaris) install. Gerry -- Gerry Creager | Never ascribe to Malice that Mapping Sciences Laboratory | which can adequately be Texas A&M University | explained by Stupidity. 409.845.7201 (Phone) | -- Lazerus Long 409.845.2273 (Fax) 409.228.7686 (Pager) --or-- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# # /etc/nsswitch.conf # # An example Name Service Switch config file. This file should be # sorted with the most-used services at the beginning. # # The entry '[NOTFOUND=return]' means that the search for an # entry should stop if the search in the previous entry turned # up nothing. Note that if the search failed due to some other reason # (like no NIS server responding) then the search continues with the # next entry. # # Legal entries are: # # nisplus or nis+ Use NIS+ (NIS version 3) # nis or yp Use NIS (NIS version 2), also called YP # dns Use DNS (Domain Name Service) # files Use the local files # db Use the local database (.db) files # compat Use NIS on compat mode # [NOTFOUND=return] Stop searching if not found so far # # To use db, put the "db" in front of "files" for entries you want to be # looked up first in the databases # # Example: #passwd: db files nisplus nis #shadow: db files nisplus nis #group: db files nisplus nis passwd: files nisplus nis shadow: files nisplus nis group: files nisplus nis #hosts: db files nisplus nis dns hosts: files nisplus nis dns services: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files networks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files protocols: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files rpc: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files ethers: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files netmasks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files bootparams: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files netgroup: nisplus publickey: nisplus automount: files nisplus aliases: files nisplus
