DNS problem

[Brian Kennedy]

I still have a HP-UX 9.04 box, and I need to configure it to connect to a remote DNS server.

I also need to maintain select host
entries in the local host file. How can I configure the machine to search the DNS first and then fail to the local hosts file?

I know that I need to configure /etc/nsswitch.conf, but this is not available under 9.04...

Thank you for your time.

Brian

[Patrick Wallek]

There is a HP-UX patch on HP's site that should solve this problem for you. The patch number is PHNE_4563 and it is for HP-UX 9.04.

[Patrick Wallek · Accepted solution]

I hit submit too soon.

Here is the FTP path to get the patch:

ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/hp-ux_patches/s700_800/9.X/PHNE_4563

This patch does require that some other patches be installed as well, so be sure to read thePHNE_4563.text file that gets created when you unshar the patch.

[Frederic Soriano]

Brian,

I found an old post that indicated to load these patches:

PHNE_4488
PHNE_4563
PHCO_4784
PHCO_11162
PHSS_11276
PHSS_9858

I think most of them are superseded now. Please double-check with the ITRC patch database.

Hope this helps.

Best regards.

Fred.

[Brian Kennedy]

Thank you Patrick and Frederic.

I appreciate your reactivity.

All the best!

Brian