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RE: RedHat 4.0, diald, and PPP 2.2.0f

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Elliot Lee)
Tue Nov 12 11:23:37 1996

Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 11:12:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Elliot Lee <sopwith@cuc.edu>
To: "'redhat-list@redhat.com'" <redhat-list@redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <01BBD080.D0408060@dhlaptop.cr.mci.com>
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On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Dwight Hubbard wrote:

> It sounds like you are missing either "order hosts,bind" from the
> /etc/hosts.conf file or your systems ip address and hostname aren't in
> the /etc/hosts file. 

/etc/hosts.conf is not used. /etc/nsswitch.conf is the relevant config
file, and it is usually correct unless you manually change it. Check
/etc/resolv.conf also.

-- Elliot

A: "Talk about stupidity!"
B: "Who, you?"
A: "No, me!"


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