[SunRescue] ARGH! Round 2

[Brian McCloskey]

my experience with solaris 8 is that you cannot tell the config script to 
use dns as the name resolution if the dns server is not on the same subnet 
because for some reason it won't set the default route before trying dns 
resolution. therefore, the best way i've found to deal with this is to set 
the "name resolution" method to "none" and then just change 
/etc/nsswitch.conf manually.

-wu


>From: "Mike Nicewonger" <twmaster at twmaster.com>
>Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [SunRescue] ARGH! Round 2
>Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 23:39:38 -0500
>
>I did that sys-unconfig
>
>It barfs about not finding the nameserver, I tell it to set the setting
>anyway.
>
>Still fubar
>
>Mike N
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Paul Theodoropoulos" <paul at anastrophe.com>
>To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 11:26 PM
>Subject: Re: [SunRescue] ARGH! Round 2
>
>
> >
> > I'll probably get flack for this, because some purists think it's
> > excessive - however, I've done this literally hundreds of times
> > without failure; it's my standard procedure when 'recommissioning'
> > a box --
> >
> > root-klaatu /% sys-unconfig
> >
> >                          WARNING
> >
> > This program will unconfigure your system.  It will cause it
> > to revert to a "blank" system - it will not have a name or know
> > about other systems or networks.
> >
> > This program will also halt the system.
> >
> > Do you want to continue (y/n) ? n
> > Aborted
> > root-klaatu /%
> >
> > of course, you'd want to type a y.
> >
> > that puts you through about a dozen questions after rebooting,
> > setting the language, IP address, netmask, nameservice, data and
> > time, etc.
> >
> > takes all of about 90 seconds when i'm distracted, about 30 if not.
> > it's the only way to fly.
> >
> > At 08:12 PM 12/3/00, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > > /etc/hostname.hme0 should have a hostname in it
> > >
> > >Yepper name is tatung
> > >
> > > > /etc/hosts should have the same hostname, along with an IP
> > > address.
> > >
> > >Yepper has 192.168.0.200 tatung
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Basically the system takes the IP from /etc/hostname.hme0,
> > > looks that
> > > > up in /etc/hosts, and assigns the IP address thats in
> > > /etc/hosts.
> > > >
> > >Now a new twist. I can do nslookups but cannot get netscape or ftp
> > >to
> > >connect via hostname only IP.
> > >
> > >ARGH
> > >
> > >Mike N
> > >
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