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Re: Debian Install



On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 03:47:56PM -0400, Bodnyk, Bruce W wrote:
> I've just installed Debian 2.2 r7 on a machine. I can ping to other machines
> if
> I use their IP address but not by name. As far as I know I have my dns name
> servers set up correctly. Any ideas of what I need to look for?

You need to configure /etc/resolv.conf.  'man 5 resolv.conf'.
Basically, it just consists of a few lines of
nameserver aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
where aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd is the IP address of your DNS server.

noah

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