Re: `ping', and name resolution in general, hangs
Eric Hanchrow wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me what's wrong with my system? At first I assumed it
> was a bug in the resolver library, and opened a bug against libc6 in
> Debian potato (http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/45/45912.html); but the
> Debian libc6 maintainer is sure that my system is merely
> misconfigured.
>
> Here's the problem:
>
> When I type `ping blarg.net' at a shell, `ping' hangs. I expect it to display
>
> PING blarg.net (206.124.128.1): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 206.124.128.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=62 time=25.7 ms
> ...
>
> Other name resolution also fails. For example, Netscape hangs when
> trying to visit web pages on machines other than mine.
Hope this will help: I just got bit by it on a Solaris install...
/etc/nsswitch.conf
See the attachment.... it works on my linux (and the Solaris) install.
Gerry
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#
# /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# An example Name Service Switch config file. This file should be
# sorted with the most-used services at the beginning.
#
# The entry '[NOTFOUND=return]' means that the search for an
# entry should stop if the search in the previous entry turned
# up nothing. Note that if the search failed due to some other reason
# (like no NIS server responding) then the search continues with the
# next entry.
#
# Legal entries are:
#
# nisplus or nis+ Use NIS+ (NIS version 3)
# nis or yp Use NIS (NIS version 2), also called YP
# dns Use DNS (Domain Name Service)
# files Use the local files
# db Use the local database (.db) files
# compat Use NIS on compat mode
# [NOTFOUND=return] Stop searching if not found so far
#
# To use db, put the "db" in front of "files" for entries you want to be
# looked up first in the databases
#
# Example:
#passwd: db files nisplus nis
#shadow: db files nisplus nis
#group: db files nisplus nis
passwd: files nisplus nis
shadow: files nisplus nis
group: files nisplus nis
#hosts: db files nisplus nis dns
hosts: files nisplus nis dns
services: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
networks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
protocols: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
rpc: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
ethers: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
netmasks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
bootparams: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
netgroup: nisplus
publickey: nisplus
automount: files nisplus
aliases: files nisplus
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