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Re: Trying dip gives "hostname lookup failure"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Julien Michielsen)
Tue Nov 26 16:22:52 1996
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 21:52:27 +0100 (MET)
From: Julien Michielsen <jmichielsen@kennis.hobby.nl>
To: RedHat Server <redhat-list@redhat.com>
cc: Skull <skull@yakko.cs.wmich.edu>, nielsen@primenet.com
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Responding to two replies to my question:
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>After upgrading my RH3, and installing RH4 I cannot make a dip-connec-
>tion to my provider anymore. Trying to execute dip results in the mes-
>sage "hostname lookup failure". I'd think my setup is about the same
>as under RH3, whith /etc/HOSTNAME and /etc/sysconfig/network being about
>identical. Anyone an idea what other reason might be the cause?
1.- I'm thinking this sounds related to your DNS server... look in
/etc/resolv.conf and see if anything exists. this is where your DNS
server information resides. Perhaps that got waxed in the upgrade?
I think your error means it can't find the other server, not yours.
hope this helps.
2. Does /etc/hosts exist?
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Thanks for your help. However, re-installing my old /etc/resolv.conf
and /etc/hosts did not make any difference. Running /usr/sbin/dip
is enough to get the error-msg "kennis: Hostname lookup failure",
with "kennis" being my hostname.
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Julien Michielsen +31-10-4765.771
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