My nnswitch.conf file got stepped on by something which substituted
nsswitch.files during a reboot when I took the machine down to remove the 5 TB
disk. This was after I had fixed the problem once already. Fortunately, I
immediately recognized what had happened. I still don't no why though.
Reg
On Monday, February 22, 2021, 04:15:35 PM CST, Toomas Soome via
openindiana-discuss <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 22. Feb 2021, at 21:33, L. F. Elia via openindiana-discuss
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I usually use 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8 for dns. There are IPv6 options of those
> for you who need them
> [email protected], Portsmouth VA, 23701
> Solaris/LINUX/Windows administration CISSP/Security consulting
>
> On Saturday, February 20, 2021, 10:29:00 AM EST, Reginald Beardsley via
>openindiana-discuss <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I'd been using a Linksys WRT54GL and DD-WRT for 12 years without any
> problems. A few days ago I started having issues of not being able to
> properly making connections. It might work fine for an hour and then web
> sites would time out on access attempts.
>
> I have replaced it with a Linksys N600. That is working fine from Debian 9.3,
> but not with Hipster 2017.10.
>
> If I do "nslookup login.yahoo.com" I get the usual response from the N600.
> But if I attempt "traceroute login.yahoo.com" I get an "unknown host
> login.yahoo.com" .
>
> "traceroute <ip addr>" works as expected.
>
> I'm *very* rusty at this as I set everything up many years ago. I suspect the
> issue is a conflict with nwamd. For Hipster I configured a static LAN ip
> address in the traditional fashion.
>
> I have the following settings:
>
> /etc/hostname.<nic>
> <static 192.168 ip addr>
>
> /etc/defaultrouter
> gateway <gateway 192.168. ip addr>
>
> /etc/resolv.conf
> nameserver <gateway 192.168 ip addr>
>
> As an experiment I removed all those but nothing changed.
>
> What things might I have misconfigured to create these symptoms?
>
>
You do not mention /etc/nsswitch.conf. I think, that too, is traditional way to
break things;)
rgds,
toomas
>
> I am *not* a fan of "auto magical" anything. I've been administering my own
> SunOS systems for 30 years starting with a 3/60 and 4.1.1a. So it's natural
> for me to continue using the pattern set by that.
>
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