Re: Configuring DNS on a machine connected temporary to the internet

2003-12-26 Thread Marc van Woerkom
On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 09:52:50 -0500, Bill Vermillion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is the order in you /etc/host.conf file set to hosts bind I see, I gave not enough information. Here are /etc/nsswitch.conf: hosts: files dns Are the names in you /etc/hosts file correct. IP first then FQDN followed

Re: Configuring DNS on a machine connected temporary to the internet

2003-12-26 Thread Bill Vermillion
On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 15:29 , Marc van Woerkom exclaimed "Las Cucarachas entran, Pero no puede en salir", and then rambled on saying with: > My machine is connected to the internet via an ISDN modem, using kernel > ppp and i4b. > If the link is up, it resolves symbolic names by asking some >

Configuring DNS on a machine connected temporary to the internet

2003-12-26 Thread Marc van Woerkom
My machine is connected to the internet via an ISDN modem, using kernel ppp and i4b. If the link is up, it resolves symbolic names by asking some nameserver. If the link is down, it should just use /etc/hosts to resolve "localhost" and the name of the second computer attached to it by an ethernet