Cannot ping using hostname but nslookup gives the answer

[Devesh Pant_1]

Hello all,
I have a strange problem with only Tru64 5.1b pk3 servers ( not with any other operating system )
When I try to ping a cluster service that moved from one member to the other along with it's IP address, these tru64 servers stopped pinging it however the nslookup resolves the name and gives back the correct IP address.

prwdrew> nslookup hfoclib
Server: dnsp.sselw.com
Address: 157.209.72.202

Name: hfoclib.sselw.com
Address: 157.209.77.9

prwdrew>ping hfoclib.sselw.com
ping: unknown host hfoclib.sselw.com

Someone suggested that the arp cache needs to be flushed. Any ideas how this could be done
Any help would be appreciated

[Ivan Ferreira]

Ensure that both files, /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/svc.conf, are configured to use DNS.

/etc/nsswitch.conf

hosts: files dns

/etc/svc.conf

hosts=local,bind

[Devesh Pant_1]

Yes Ivan they are
both the nsswitch.conf and the svc.conf are fine.
It is just puzzling me

Devesh

[Ivan Ferreira]

This is weird. You can try using the arp -d command. Check your arp tables with arp -a.

[Han Pilmeyer]

This is a resolver issue, not an arp issue. You could demonstrate this by using the IP address with the ping command instead of the name. It would also be interesting to see if the reverse name lookup works with the ping command if you do that.

Can you show us the following files:
- /etc/resolv.conf
- /etc/svc.conf
- /etc/nsswitch.conf

[Stiwi Wondrusch]

Is hfoclib your real hostname or just an example? (Thinking about special characters)

rgds Stiwi

[Shardha]

Dear Devesh,

Please send the hosts entry for this server and also, /etc/resolv.conf.

Shardha