Re: Can't ftp, ping, or use browser by name (only by IP address)
From: Peter da Silva (peter_at_abbnm.com)
Date: 03/30/04
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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 22:21:49 +0000 (UTC)
In article <c43duo$q1q$0@216.39.182.47>,
warren <warren@DELtheriverETE.com> wrote:
> Running tru64 V5.1, I can ping, use the web browser, and ftp by IP
> address, but not by name. I can nslookup so I think the name server
> setup is OK. Can anyone help so I can use those apps by name rather
> than having to put in an IP address. My /etc/resolv.conf and
> /etc/svc.conf are included at the end of this post. Thanks for any
> help.
You probably hit the patch level where they switched o an updated resolver
that uses the more-or-less standard nsswitch.conf instead of svc.conf.
Look at /etc/nsswitch.conf and make the obvious changes.
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