Is the daemon "named" running? --Bob
Andrew Spencer wrote: > > hi all, > > Sorry to come back to the list again. Just a little glitch really, but it > has me stumped... I can't get IP name resolution working properly. (All I > want to do is resolve IP addresses using an available nameserver.) > > I can connect to machines on the local ethernet fine, using numeric IP > addresses (can't see outside the local domain, due to the firewall, but > that's another story..). Also, I can connect using name instead of number > for a couple of machines I put into /etc/hosts by hand. > > My /etc/host.conf file says > order hosts,bind > multi on > > and /etc/resolv.conf says > search bath.ac.uk > nameserver 138.38.32.3,138.38.32.46 > > I know the nameservers are ok, from doing > nslookup - 138.38.32.3 > > So, looking in /etc/hosts for hostnames is working, and the local > nameservers are working and reachable... But something somewhere is > clearly not connecting... Can anyone suggest what? > > eternally grateful, ;) > > -- > Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
