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Re: Trying dip gives "hostname lookup failure"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Curtis)
Tue Nov 26 16:46:40 1996
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:35:49 -0500
From: ray@fred.net (Ray Curtis)
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Cc: skull@yakko.cs.wmich.edu, nielsen@primenet.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.961126214257.471A-100000@kennis>
Reply-To: ray@fred.net
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
Julien Michielsen writes:
> Responding to two replies to my question:
> -----
> >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?
> -----
> 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.
Check the permissions on /etc/resolv.conf. Should be:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 110 Nov 20 21:24 /etc/resolv.conf
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Linux Host 'PICARD'
email: ray@fred.net
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