Hi, I've not subscribed to this list, but somebody forwarded me this message because it pertains to an issue I had recently, and I have some questions:
Renee Dawson wrote: > On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 01:00:14AM +0200, Arne Schwabe wrote: > >> > Praveen Kumar schrieb: >> >>> > > I have strange issues in name resolving when I am using my wireless >>> > > connection. I use WPA TKIP security on my wireless router at home. When >>> > > I boot OpenSolaris 2008.05 (snv_91) and log into gnome, nwam connects >>> > > me >>> > > to my network. I verified this by doing 'pfexec dladm show-wifi' and >>> > > ensured that my interface wpi0 got a IP address. Also I see DNS server >>> > > entries in /etc/resolv.conf. I am able to ping the DNS servers. >>> > > 'dig/nslookup network.com' returns proper results. However none of the >>> > > other applications are able to resolve the name. 'ping network.com' >>> > > immediately returns with "Unkown host". I assume that this is something >>> > > to do with the nscd. Restarting just nscd doesn't help. 'dig/nslookup' >>> > > applications use resolv.conf; hence are working fine. In-order to fix >>> > > this, I have to restart nwam. Does anyone know what is happening? I can >>> > > post more diagnostic information if needed. >>> > > >>> >> > In short >> > >> > pfexec cp /etc/nsswitch.dns /etc/nsswitch.conf >> > > Hopefully, this won't be necessary much longer. Once it obtains the DHCP > lease, NWAM should also ensure that nsswitch.conf is updated for you; but > there's a race condition that occurs on boot that currently prevents that > from happening, documented in CR 6584967[1]. I integrated a fix for that > bug into nevada today, which means it should be available in build 94. > > -renee > > [1] http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6584967 What about the case where the /etc/nwam/llp file is updated to specify a static address, so there is no DHCP. Will DNS be properly configured in this case also? Or will it still require manual configuration? Is updating the llp file manually the recommended way to specify a static address? Thanks, Bob _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
