Thanks for the pointer! This solved the problem, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cat /etc/nsswitch.conf # # /etc/nsswitch.conf # # An example Name Service Switch config file. This file should be # sorted with the most-used services at the beginning. ... #hosts: db files nisplus nis dns # hosts: files nis dns this was the original version hosts: dns files nis
When I changed the order of the hosts entry, the name lookup worked. I suppose the other route would be to have a long /etc/hosts file on each machine that defines the names of all nodes. I'm still confused about the contents of /etc/hosts though. Any ideas? Nathan On 8/11/07, Miles O'Neal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nathan Moore said... > > |[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cat /etc/hosts > |# Do not remove the following line, or various programs > |# that require network functionality will fail. > |127.0.0.1 buff localhost.localdomain localhost > |::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6 > | > |Can someone explain what the "localhost6" does? > > I'm guessing from the format and that the line contains three > sixes (666!) that it's IPV6 stuff. > > Which doresn't help with your other problem. > > What is your nsswitch.conf entry for hosts? > Does NIS or LDAP factor in? > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nathan Moore Assistant Professor, Physics Winona State University AIM: nmoorewsu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
