[FC6] /etc/hosts bypassed !

Bizen-Ya · #1 9th November 2006, 06:31 PM

Hi,

i cant resolve hosts that are in my /etc/hosts file ... :

Code:

[root@BIZEN ~]# nslookup localhost
Server:         212.27.53.252
Address:        212.27.53.252#53

** server can't find localhost: NXDOMAIN

[root@BIZEN ~]#

btw i have the correct line in nsswitch.conf :

Code:

#hosts:     db files nisplus nis dns
hosts:      files dns

any ideas ?

Thanks

cruyff888 · #2 9th November 2006, 06:53 PM

Well,

This looks more like your /etc/resolve.conf file.... here's mine for example...

[jcourvil@cruyff888 ~]$ more /etc/resolv.conf

nameserver 166.102.165.11
nameserver 166.102.165.13

You /etc/hosts file should only contain the names you want resloved.....example your local machine name.

mwette · #3 10th November 2006, 01:27 AM

I ran into this problem. I had defined ipaddr-hostname pairs in my /etc/hosts file
and I couldn't ping by name. I found that if I turned off SELINUX and firewall things
worked. Maybe some sort of restart (name daemon) will help.

Bizen-Ya · #4 10th November 2006, 06:07 AM

Hi,

my /etc/hosts file is fine :

Code:

# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1               BIZEN localhost.localdomain localhost
::1             BIZEN localhost.localdomain localhost

And SE linux & Firewall are disabled