jay, thank you. it worked. i had no idea what nsswitch.conf did. for some reason i had it in my head that it was related to NIS.
thanks! pete begin Jay Strauss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
