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1. Solaris
Hi,
I've installed Solaris 11.3(live media) and configured DNS. Everytime I reboot the server, resolv.conf got deleted and it created a new nsswitch.conf.
I used below to configure both settings:
# svccfg -s dns/client
svc:/network/dns/client> setprop config/nameserver = (xx.xx.xx.aa... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: flexihopper18
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2. AIX
Hello guys,
I am new to AIX .
I have two AIX v5.3 servers running BIND DNS service on them. The plan is to shut down only the DNS service on them, but in order to do that I have to determine which internal hosts are still using the servers to resolve DNS queries.
Can you please advice on... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: tihomirvs
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3. 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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4. AIX
Hello,
For what purpose /etc/hosts file is used.I mean how any request coming to a DNS server or a switch would know that which name and ip are configured in /etc/hosts files of a server?
Best regards,
Vishal (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: admin_db
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello...
I am trying to loop through my hosts file that contains 100+ servers to check or update the nameservers on them...
My while loop is breaking after the first server responds...
#!/bin/bash
while read line; do
a=( $(echo $line | tr " " "\n") )
if }" != "" ] && }" != "#" ] &&... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: CompSCI
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6. 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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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. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi,
This is more of a verification rather than a question of technical nature.
This is based on solaris 10 machine
Could we use Virtual hosts (within our hosts file):
123.1.1.10 virtual_host_name
123.1.1.10 host_A
(note: 123.1.1.10 - host_A is also in our DNS server entry)
And... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: jackola
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9. IP Networking
ok i have a question now when i add machines on network that are running unix do i add them in the /etc/hosts file also include them in dns (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: rmuhammad
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi ,,still struggling with unix ,,the system is running sco openserver release 5 and have dsl installed ,, the dsl modem is a bt router which in turn is connected to a vpn hardware router,, which also serves internet to the whole network ,, but i still cant connect to the internet via the unix box... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: b03der
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