[Cialug] nslookup works but ping cannot resolve

[Chris K.]

http://tech.kulish.com/?q=node/51

We have that problem on solaris all the time.

Nathan Stien wrote:
> On Feb 7, 2008 4:19 PM, Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> wrote:
>   
>> In nssswitch, you probably want something like the following:
>>
>> # grep ^hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf
>> hosts:      files dns
>>     
>
> This is what I've got:
>
> hosts:          files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4
>
> And it's identical to other machines on my network that work correctly.
>
> I tried trimming it down to just "files dns" last night, but it didn't
> seem to make a difference.
>
> I appreciate you helping me poke through this.
>
> - Nathan
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