Problem with local network

[Les Mikesell]

On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 13:37, Chris Jones wrote:
> >
> >> I have a networking problem which is puzzling me. I am clearly
> >> missing something. Several of my servers apps are failing because
> >> they are unable to resolve any of the local hostnames. I have
> >> checked /etc/hosts, /ete/resolv.conf and both are as they should
> >> be, yet I am unable to ping any of my LAN connected PC's by name.
> >> I can ping them by their IP addressess, but not by name.
> >>
> >> What else should I look for?
> >
> >
> > What's in /etc/nsswitch.conf?
> >
> > $ grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> I get the following from that:-
> [root at bilbo ~]# grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf
> #hosts:     db files nisplus nis dns
> hosts:  files dns

Who is providing dns and are the names in there?  What
does 'dig host.your_domain' say?

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  Les Mikesell
   lesmikesell at gmail.com