Re: (fqdn) hostname resolution when using DHCP

["Salman Ahmed" <ssahmed@pathcom.com>]

>>>>> "a" == aphro  <nate@firetrail.com> writes:
    a> 
    a> sounds as if the dns config on the linux box is not right?  check
    a> /etc/resolv.conf, and show the error it gives you whenever
    a> possible.

/etc/resolv.conf contains the nameserver IP address and our default
domain (I think) that is updated every time the DHCP client daemon
renews the lease.

Whenever I try to ping this machine (from itself) by giving the
fqdn hostname, I get an error message like:

 unknown host matrix.domain.com

nslookup on that fqdn hostname gives an error message saying that the
specified domain doesn't exist.

Sorry I can't be more specific about the error messages, I am not at
work right now.

    a> if you dont have a real domain for that internal network, you can
    a> make one like i have for mine. or, you could add a line to
    a> /etc/hosts that looks like:
    a> 
    a> 192.168.9.31 hostname.domainname
    a> 
    a> check /etc/host.conf as well, the line that has 'order' on it
    a> tells the system where to look first to try to get an ip from a
    a> name (hosts,bind is default i believe)

I'll try that out and see if it works.

Thanks.

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Salman Ahmed
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