On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 2:53 AM, James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Raj, Ashok writes: >> Any idea how to fix this lookup problem? Btw: reverse lookup also works >> fine. I think the problem is /etc/resolv.conf not being created >> automatically causes some trouble, cant figure out how to fix it. > > There are two parts to this: /etc/resolv.conf is the DNS subsystem > configuration. There's also the name service switch, which is > configured by /etc/nsswitch.conf. > > If you're using the physical:nwam service, then I'd direct you to the > nwam project for help. If you're using physical:default, then this is > traditional Solaris configuration. > > To enable the DHCP client at boot time on a traditional system, there > should be an empty file named /etc/dhcp.igb0. If the DHCP server > provides DNS addresses (not all are configured to do so), then the > system will automatically create /etc/resolv.conf. > > The next part is /etc/nsswitch.conf. You should have "hosts: files > dns" and "ipnodes: files dns" listed in that file. > > The installer automatically copies over the /etc/nsswitch.dns template > if you specify that you want to use DNS at install time, and creates > the necessary /etc/hostname.X and /etc/dhcp.X files if you specify > DHCP. (You can go back through that set of questions with > sys-unconfig and a reboot.) > err......, it looks like nobody care dhcp can't create /etc/resolve.conf
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