DNS, localhost

[Victor Geere]

I can ping localhost but programs like HP-Eloquence and omniback constantly complains about not being able to resolve localhost, or other server names on the network. /etc/hosts contains the line :

127.0.0.1 localhost loopback

and nsswitch.conf contains the line

hosts: files dns

What am I missing?

[Stefan Farrelly]

Can you confirm it is looking it up in the hosts file;

nslookup localhost

looking up FILES
Name: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1
Aliases: loopback

[Victor Geere]

Nope, it tries to use the DNS and fails:


/etc>nslookup localhost
Name Server: titan.nda.co.za
Address: 192.28.16.65

Trying DNS
*** titan.nda.co.za can't find localhost: Non-existent domain

[Rainer von Bongartz · Accepted solution]

Try putting this in /etc/nsswitch.conf

hosts: files[NOTFOUND=continue UNAVAIL=continue] dns [NOTFOUND=return UNAVAIL=continue TRYAGAIN=return]


Regards
Rainer

[Nick Wickens]

What do you have in your /etc/resolv.conf file ??