HP-UX 10.20

[Mark Hatfield]

I have a simple PC network with one Unix station with a static IP 192.30.*
Domainname = root
Hostname = Unix1
I wanted to install the IExplorer, after I setup up the DNS for my service provider bad things happen immediately in CDE environment.

I can no longer login into CDE. I get the ussual known errors with the display. NSLOOKUP no longer works while in failsafe blah, blah, blah. I can get back to the original condition, where the browser does not do name recognition.

I would like some help with this "simple setup"
Thanks

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

Hi Mark:

I think you need to change your /etc/nsswitch.conf to use FILES first then DNS. Your box can't resolve its own hostname using DNS.

Clay

[Sachin Patel]

Hi Mark,
change your /etc/nsswitch.conf file
hosts files [NOTFOUND = continue] dns
or
hosts files dns

run nslookup systemname
it should resolv name
Most time CDE has name resolving problem.

Sachin

[Santosh Nair_1]

Hi Mark,

CDE relies heavily on DNS working correctly befor it can run. Make sure you have nswitch.conf configured properly, (probably want to use files then dns), also make sure /etc/resolv.conf has the domainname and nameservers set appropriately.

-Santosh

[Mark Hatfield]

Thanks to all