Re: (solved) Can't find the DNS Servers

[Gary Roach <gary719_list1@verizon.net>]

On 10/05/2017 10:30 AM, Brian wrote:
> On Thu 05 Oct 2017 at 10:00:01 -0700, Gary Roach wrote:
>
> > On 10/04/2017 01:44 PM, Reco wrote:
> > > The contents of /etc/nsswitch.conf, please.
> > > The current contents of /etc/resolv.conf.
> > >
> > > The output of (terminate it with Ctrl+C after 60 seconds):
> > >
> > > tcpdump -nvi any udp port 53 or tcp port 53 or udp port 5353
> > >
> > > While doing:
> > >
> > > getent hosts go.dev
> > >
> > > Reco
> > Hooray, Solved.
> > Rico, your question about nsswitch.conf was the key. I printed out the file
> > from another computer and found that the "hosts:" line was missing "dns and
> > mdns4'. I added these to the end of the line and everything now works fine.
> > I can't thank all of you enough for your support.
>
> I could be wrong but I think you mean "mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return]"
> was missing.
No. The particular line reads:
"hosts:  files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4"
It works!

Didn't mean to slight anyone with the thanks. I know that this was 
somewhat of a community effort. So thanks to all.

Gary R