Re: resolv.conf

["Jens B. Jorgensen" <jjorgens@bdsinc.com>]

What have you got in /etc/nsswitch.conf?

Alexander Gutfraind wrote:

> Thanks for the reply!
> I've checked my host.conf and I have those entries.
> So what could be the problem?
>
> Jens B. Jorgensen wrote:
>
> > In /etc/host.conf you need to have something like:
> >
> > order hosts,bind
> >
> > "bind" is what makes DNS servers get used for lookups. Without it DNS servers will not
> > be consulted. The order says where to look first, in this case first /etc/hosts, then
> > DNS.
> >
> > Alexander Gutfraind wrote:
> >
> > > Dear fellow Debian users!
> > >
> > > Here is my problem:
> > >
> > > I have desently installed hamm.
> > > run pppconfig and it works smoothly.
> > > The problems I have is with the DNS. when I type known
> > > addresses with
> > > numbers they load. but with names they don't resolve.
> > > I have only an ISP connection so my resolv.conf has two
> > > nameservers, that are 100%
> > > correct since I checked them with my provider and they work
> > > in windows.
> > > I simply cannot find what is wrong.
> > >
> > > What could be the problem?

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Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com



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