JR Mayberry on Wed, 12 Apr 2000 14:05:05 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [PLUG] how do I make solaris go ?


Try editing /etc/nsswitch.conf

the line hosts: if its there or if its not add it
 
should look like

hosts: files dns
 
that will make it look at a dns server supplied in /etc/resolv.conf

it knows its own ip and hostname probably, just not monet.op.net's..


On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Darxus wrote:

> 
> Okay, so we got our sparc 20.  No rush to make it submit to my will,
> because projects changed, but I'm a bit lost.
> 
> Got it talking to the network (didn't like a 10/100 hub, but liked an old
> 10baseT hub).  Switched it's IP temporarily w/ ipconfig, and put a entry
> in /etc/resolv.conf.  
> 
> Is there some documentation somewhere in like, howto format, for people
> who are familiar w/ linux but haven't touched a sun ?  
> 
> 
> How am I supposed to tell the thing it's name & IP ?
> 
> # telnet monet.op.net
> monet.op.net: Unknown host
> # nslookup monet.op.net
> Server:  ns.iqgroup.com
> Address:  207.106.241.2
> 
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name:    monet.op.net
> Address:  207.29.195.3
> 
> 
> Ugh.  
> 
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