Re: Sendmail error message

[Ahbaid Gaffoor <ahbaidg guyana net gy>]

Hi, Thanks for the quick reply

> It LOOKS like a problem with DNS/gethostbyname().  You may have this
> system on a local /private network witrh no name services, 

The machine is sitting on a samll private network where DNS is not
running.

We either use the IP address or setup /etc/hosts with an entry...

> or nsswitch.conf may be set to query DNS first

Where do I find this file? I did a find /* -name for it but nothing..

> or your /etc/hosts may not have a FQDN if thats the only way you are
> resolving LAN hosts.

Newbie question, what's a FQDN?

> Need some more info here about yopur network to be sure..

What other info. do you need?

Thanks again..

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Ahbaid Gaffoor
Systems Administrator
Guyana Sugar Corporation
199 Camp Street, Georgetown, 
Guyana, S. America

Phone:	592-2-62593
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