[techtalk] (dumb) Solaris Q

[Nicole Zimmerman]

So this was sort of the problem (the nsswitch.conf).

When I installed, I swear I selected DNS. I entered the DNS servers. All
was good. BUT the installer copied the DEFAULT /etc/nsswitch.conf over
from /etc/nsswitch.files instead of the /etc/nsswitch.dns (which uses name
resolution instead of *nothing*). 

So all I did was cp /etc/nsswitch.dns /etc/nsswitch.conf and it works now!

I changed the domain servers back over to the local ones and I get inside
and outside resolution just fine. Both of these changes were dynamic, I
did not have to reboot to get them to work. (SO that answers another
question :o))

Thanks all for your help.

-nicole

At 13:40 on May 17, mc combined all the right letters to say:

> Did you check the nsswitch.conf file to make sure DNS is listed for name
> resolution?  That one always gets me on Sol7-intel.  Also, I think you might
> have to reboot for it to be re-read, at least, again, on 7 you do.