Did you check your /etc/nsswitch.conf file for a: hosts: files dns I think that's the file that tells your system the order in which to do name resolution
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Jay Salzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:49 AM Subject: [vox-tech] network question: /etc/hosts not being read > on my laptop, i can't use any of the hostnames on my home network. in > other words, "ping satan" yields "unknown host". all my other systems > can ping the laptop. > > using strace on satan and doing a "ping laptop", i found that ping first > reads /etc/hosts.conf, and then reads /etc/hosts. > > however, on the laptop, it reads /etc/hosts.conf and then does NOT read > /etc/hosts. ping seems to be ignoring /etc/hosts (which is set up > correctly). > > using md5sum, i determined that ping is the same on the laptop and > satan. > > ok, so i know exactly what the problem is: for some reason, ping isn't > consulting /etc/hosts. and neither is telnet-ssl and ftp. > > now the question is -- why? i've never seen this before. everything > else i can think of looks healthy. > > > pete > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
