Re: /etc/hosts problem

1999-09-06 Thread Luis Gustavo Madrigal Salazar
Did you try the line hosts:.. on /etc/nsswitch.conf?? it shold look something like this : hosts: files dns On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Fredrik Ax wrote: My problem is that the /etc/hosts files doesn't seem to be used when resolving hostnames. I'm runing Debian 2.1 r2 with Linux kernel

Re: /etc/hosts problem

1999-08-31 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: 127.0.0.1 is the localhost ( your machine ). Unless your machine is acting as the name server names will not be secolved. You will have to get the name server from the network administrator. I'm fully aware that 127.0.0.1 is the localhost,

Re: /etc/hosts problem

1999-08-31 Thread Francois GELIS
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Fredrik Ax wrote: I'm runing Debian 2.1 r2 with Linux kernel 2.2.11 (downloaded recompiled source) glibc 2.0.7 (libc6_2.0.7.19981211-6.deb) libresolv 2.0.7 (libc6_2.0.7.19981211-6.deb) Here are some config files. Things whithin of course have

Re: /etc/hosts problem

1999-08-31 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Francois GELIS wrote: With glibc2.x, isn't that configured in something like /etc/nsswitch.conf instead of /etc/host.conf ? Yeap it is ... and that solved my problem. Thx a bunch ;-) /fax

/etc/hosts problem

1999-08-27 Thread Fredrik Ax
My problem is that the /etc/hosts files doesn't seem to be used when resolving hostnames. I'm runing Debian 2.1 r2 with Linux kernel 2.2.11 (downloaded recompiled source) glibc 2.0.7 (libc6_2.0.7.19981211-6.deb) libresolv 2.0.7 (libc6_2.0.7.19981211-6.deb) Here are some

Re: /etc/hosts problem

1999-08-27 Thread Sebastian Canagaratna
127.0.0.1 is the localhost ( your machine ). Unless your machine is acting as the name server names will not be secolved. You will have to get the name server from the network administrator.

Re: /etc/hosts problem

1999-08-27 Thread Marcin Owsiany
On Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 10:40:38AM -0400, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: 127.0.0.1 is the localhost ( your machine ). Unless your machine is acting as the name server names will not be secolved. but what about order hosts,bind? -- - Marcin Owsiany [EMAIL