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1. HP-UX
Hi all,
There wasn't nsswitch.conf file in my HPUX server. So I copied /etc/nsswitch.files to /etc/nsswitch.conf and changed the content like below.
passwd: compat
group: compat
hosts: files dns nis
ipnodes: dns files
services: nis files
networks: nis... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: sembii
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2. Red Hat
Hi all, :(
I am facing issue while I have updated in resolv.conf, after nework service restart, it was automatically deleted IP from resolv.conf file.
Could you please let me know what is the reason resolv.conf deleted any IP which I have manually updated, but it store only my router IP... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Pradipta Kumar
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3. Ubuntu
Hi,
My resolv.conf keeps overwritten. I want to have it to just keep the setting that I put in there. I tried a few solutions I found using google.
like supersede domain-name "xxx", prepend domain-name-servers xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
This does'nt work.
I also tried to just chmod the file to... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: jld
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4. Red Hat
Hi,
I was told to add the "nis" in front of "files" for below lines in /etc/nsswitch.conf was not in a good practise. I tried to search in google and man page for nsswitch.conf and can't find the answer. could someone please help me?
passwd: nis files
shadow: nis files
group: nis files... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: beeloo
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi everyone
A quick question during a audit this was determined to be a security issue
In the resolv.conf there is a “.” At the end of the domain name
Like this
domain mydomain.com.
I which to understand the function or significance of the .
thk (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Ex-Capsa
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
HI ALL
I am making a script,That will does the following,I am in search of ideas
1.Script will comment all existing the entries in resolve.conf
2.Add new entries like this
abc.example.com
192.168.1.x
I can use sed to add comment. (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: aliahsan81
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7. Solaris
Dear Friend,
It is strange that my sendmail does not accord to the hosts order in solaris nsswitch.conf. Please let me elaborate in details. Thank you.
Setting:
solaris 9 /etc/nsswitch.conf
hosts: file ldap dns
sendmail 8.13.4 /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
O... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: jackyyjwu
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8. SuSE
I want to have 7 search domains in my resolv.conf, but it seems to like only the first six.
I read somewhere that the OS will only recognize the first 6 (or the first 154 characters). Is that the case with SUSE 10?
thx
-Kevin (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: kjbaumann
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9. Solaris
Hi all
Is there any reason to have "hosts ldap dns" as line in /etc/nsswitch.conf ? My understanding is that ldap does not contain any host information..(?)
Best regards...Ludwig (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ludwig
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10. IP Networking
I am new to unix. I have edited the /etc/resolv.conf. It shows
domain name
ip address
ip address
These are the same ips of the dns I use for windows. Still I get no name resolution on the internet. I can ping external ip's is there anything else I need to check? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: rpnhavoc
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