Q: Why doesn't Solaris recognize my /etc/inet/hosts file?
Jim Sokoloff
Ron Nichols wrote:
>
> OK, I'm still converting from SunO/S4.1.x to Solaris . . .but . . .
> I have put the proper entries in the hosts file, and was careful not to use
> spaces, and still cannot ping using the common or nick name. I _can_ ping
> using the IP address, but no matter what, I cannot say:
I believe the file should be in /etc/hosts, not /etc/inet/hosts
---Jim
Ron Nichols
OK, I'm still converting from SunO/S4.1.x to Solaris . . .but . . .
I have put the proper entries in the hosts file, and was careful not to use
spaces, and still cannot ping using the common or nick name. I _can_ ping
using the IP address, but no matter what, I cannot say:
ping boris
I must say
ping 168.169.170.213
I can also rlogin with the IP address, but not the machine name.
For the life of me, I cannot figure out what's wrong. I have designated
the host machine as the nameserver, I have rebooted, etc. The other SunO/S
machines can ping the Solaris machine, but the Solaris machine cannot ping
other host names. Since I am trying to set up my networked HP plotters, I
do seem to need the hosts file to work.
Suggestions and answers are very appreciated.
Thanks!!
--
Ron Nichols
Netherland, Sewell & Associates
Vartan Narinian
Jim Sokoloff <soko...@tiac.net> writes:
>
>I believe the file should be in /etc/hosts, not /etc/inet/hosts
/etc/hosts is a link to /etc/inet/hosts in Sol 2.
The original user can have a look at /etc/nsswitch.conf to see in which
order the naming services are searched.
--
Vartan
mas...@pobox.com
>> OK, I'm still converting from SunO/S4.1.x to Solaris . . .but . . .
>> I have put the proper entries in the hosts file, and was careful not to use
>> spaces, and still cannot ping using the common or nick name. I _can_ ping
>> using the IP address, but no matter what, I cannot say:
>
No. On Solaris 2.x, /etc/hosts is meant to be a symlink to ./inet/hosts,
and then the real data goes in /etc/inet/hosts.
My guess is that the original poster's /etc/nsswitch.conf says
hosts: dns [NOTFOUND=return] files
or
hosts: nis [NOTFOUND=return] files
(i.e. slavishly follow the SunOS 4.x behaviour). For what he wants, he
should at least get rid of the "[NOTFOUND=return]" and probably should
also move "files" to first place in the list.
Thomas
mas...@pobox.com
LMS Curtis
Ron Nichols wrote:
>
> OK, I'm still converting from SunO/S4.1.x to Solaris . . .but . . .
> I have put the proper entries in the hosts file, and was careful not to use
> spaces, and still cannot ping using the common or nick name. I _can_ ping
> using the IP address, but no matter what, I cannot say:
>
>
> I must say
>
> ping 168.169.170.213
>
> I can also rlogin with the IP address, but not the machine name.
>
> For the life of me, I cannot figure out what's wrong. I have designated
> the host machine as the nameserver, I have rebooted, etc. The other SunO/S
> machines can ping the Solaris machine, but the Solaris machine cannot ping
> other host names. Since I am trying to set up my networked HP plotters, I
> do seem to need the hosts file to work.
>
> Suggestions and answers are very appreciated.
>
> Thanks!!
>
> --
> Ron Nichols
> Netherland, Sewell & Associates
If you are using the /etc/inet/hosts file are your primary
name resolver, you either need to copy /etc/nsswitch.files
to /etc/nsswitch.conf, or make sure the files is the first
entry on the hosts line in your /etc/nsswitch.conf.
--
Laura Curtis
email: Laura....@pnl.gov
voice: (509)375-2311
Dale E. Higgs
Vartan Narinian wrote:
>
> Jim Sokoloff <soko...@tiac.net> writes:
> >
> >I believe the file should be in /etc/hosts, not /etc/inet/hosts
>
> /etc/hosts is a link to /etc/inet/hosts in Sol 2.
>
> The original user can have a look at /etc/nsswitch.conf to see in which
> order the naming services are searched.
hosts: files dns
>
> --
> Vartanhosts: files dns
and /etc/resolv.conf
order local,bind
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Thomas Maslen
>> The original user can have a look at /etc/nsswitch.conf to see in which
>> order the naming services are searched.
>
>hosts: files dns
Yes.
>and /etc/resolv.conf
>
>order local,bind
No. That looks more like an incantation for resolv+ on a SunOS 4.x system,
and even then doesn't it go in /etc/hosts.conf rather than /etc/resolv.conf?
(Caveat: I've never actually used resolv+).
Thomas
mas...@pobox.com