[Cialug] nslookup works but ping cannot resolve

[Paul Gray]

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Nathan Stien wrote:
> On Feb 8, 2008 12:00 PM, Chris K. <lister at kulish.com> wrote:
>> http://tech.kulish.com/?q=node/51
>>
>> We have that problem on solaris all the time.
> 
> Alas, would that my problem were so simple.  But my /etc/nsswitch.conf
> has, as far as I can tell, the correct stuff in it.  I can ping
> google.com, just not a local machine name on my network.  And the
> problem is only on this one machine, whereas my others have an
> identical /etc/nsswitch.conf and work fine.
> 


I heard the suggestion, but not a confirmation, that /etc/hosts should
be sanity checked.

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