RE: Machine Name resolution {solved}

2003-09-24 Thread James D. Parra
Thanks, that worked perfectly. James > > We're having trouble getting machine name resolution from an DNS server. If > we try to ping, for example, a machine named Mach1, we get an "unknown host > Mach1" error. If we ping the FQDN, Mach1.domainname.com, we get resolut

Re: Machine Name resolution

2003-09-24 Thread Alan Hodgson
On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 09:09:58AM -0700, James D. Parra wrote: > Hello, > > We're having trouble getting machine name resolution from an DNS server. If > we try to ping, for example, a machine named Mach1, we get an "unknown host > Mach1" error. If we ping the FQDN

Re: Machine Name resolution

2003-09-24 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:09:58 -0700 "James D. Parra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > We're having trouble getting machine name resolution from an DNS server. > If > we try to ping, for example, a machine named Mach1, we get an "unknown > hos

Machine Name resolution

2003-09-24 Thread James D. Parra
Hello, We're having trouble getting machine name resolution from an DNS server. If we try to ping, for example, a machine named Mach1, we get an "unknown host Mach1" error. If we ping the FQDN, Mach1.domainname.com, we get resolution. Oddly, windows boxes can resolve the machine n

Re: Help: IP / Machine Name Resolution

2003-06-11 Thread Anthony E. Greene
On 11-Jun-2003/14:04 +0100, "Hill, Benjamin W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have a Linux box that I'd like people to be able to access via it's >machine name. However, to do this I have to add the IP address of the >machine to the "hosts" file on a Windows machine. I guess this is something >to do

Help: IP / Machine Name Resolution

2003-06-11 Thread Hill, Benjamin W
I have a Linux box that I'd like people to be able to access via it's machine name. However, to do this I have to add the IP address of the machine to the "hosts" file on a Windows machine. I guess this is something to do with WINS, or DNS servers... Is there any way to allow Windows machines to c

Name resolution

2003-03-31 Thread Sullivan, John
Hi -   I have tried posting this issue on a mailman and sendmail board but have not received a fix for it yet.   Here is what I have:   RH8.0 with Sendmail and Mailman 2.0 - This server is inside my network and is resolved to a subdomain like lists.domain.com   Here is my proble

Re: name resolution

2003-01-06 Thread Hidong Kim
, I'm having problems with name resolution. We have several machines on an NIS network. The NIS server is Red Hat 7.2, and the rest of the machines are all Red Hat 8.0. Each machine has been assigned a local static IP address. /etc/NIS/hosts on the NIS server looks like this: 192.168.23

Re: Name Resolution Errors

2003-01-05 Thread Edward Dekkers
> Does /etc/resolv.conf have the proper name server references? How are your > routes setup? Do traceroute and/or ping return the expected results? > > Best Regards, > > Tim Kehres I second the route thing Tim said. Any bet your default gateway isn't getting set. Show us 'route -n'. Regards,

Re: Name Resolution Errors

2003-01-05 Thread Tim Kehres
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 7:07 AM Subject: Name Resolution Errors > Hello, > > I have installed RH 8.0 on an older system for testing purposes. I set up an internet connection using an external modem to connect to my ISP.

Name Resolution Errors

2003-01-05 Thread Terr0r Rorret
Hello, I have installed RH 8.0 on an older system for testing purposes. I set up an internet connection using an external modem to connect to my ISP. I can connect to my ISP, but I cannot veiw web pages due to name reolution errors. I have checked my modem hardware "properties" and the ISP's DN

RE: name resolution

2003-01-03 Thread Rick Carroll
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 6:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:name resolution Hi, I'm having problems with name resolution. We have several machines on an NIS network. The NIS server is Red Hat 7.2, and the rest of the machines are all Re

Re: name resolution

2003-01-02 Thread Mike Burger
problems with name resolution. We have several machines on > an NIS network. The NIS server is Red Hat 7.2, and the rest of the > machines are all Red Hat 8.0. Each machine has been assigned a local > static IP address. /etc/NIS/hosts on the NIS server looks like thi

name resolution

2003-01-02 Thread Hidong Kim
Hi, I'm having problems with name resolution. We have several machines on an NIS network. The NIS server is Red Hat 7.2, and the rest of the machines are all Red Hat 8.0. Each machine has been assigned a local static IP address. /etc/NIS/hosts on the NIS server looks like

Problem w/ nscd name resolution, search, domain, resolv.conf,host.conf, nsswitch.conf,

2002-12-04 Thread Ben Russo
Maybe someone has an idea? Recently started having a problem where "host $SHORTNAME" works, "nslookup $SHORTNAME" works, but ping/ssh/ftp/rsync don't? It works for some short hostnames consistently, but for other hosts does not work. Stopping nscd seems to fix the problem compl

Re:sendmail & name resolution problem

2001-01-19 Thread Bubulac Angela Tatiana
Dynamic IP Hack I have an RH7 Linux box into a large WinNT LAN. All that WinNT servers gives me is a dynamic IP address. Before you can do anything else please save your original /etc/hosts file. This is how you can hack that IP and put it in your /etc/hosts file. The testip.c p

Re: sendmail & name resolution problem

2001-01-19 Thread RaghuNath L
can you send me the script you have written. RaghuNath L wrote: > Try fetchmail. > > Bubulac Angela Tatiana wrote: > > > Hello, > > I finally setup my RH7 linux box onto > > a large WinNT LAN. They just give me a dynamic IP > > address. > > Now I can ping and connect by name the WinNT computers

Re: sendmail & name resolution problem

2001-01-19 Thread RaghuNath L
Try fetchmail. Bubulac Angela Tatiana wrote: > Hello, > I finally setup my RH7 linux box onto > a large WinNT LAN. They just give me a dynamic IP > address. > Now I can ping and connect by name the WinNT computers > and they can also do the same thing to my computer > (samba & nss_wins). > I wr

sendmail & name resolution problem

2001-01-19 Thread Bubulac Angela Tatiana
Hello, I finally setup my RH7 linux box onto a large WinNT LAN. They just give me a dynamic IP address. Now I can ping and connect by name the WinNT computers and they can also do the same thing to my computer (samba & nss_wins). I wrote a simple C program that hack the IP address and put it into

Re: was Re: how to reduce dhcpd logging? now DCHP name resolution

2000-01-27 Thread Bret Hughes
; > > > Dyamically assigined ip address client named client1. > > Another dynamically assigned address client named client2. > > from client1 : > > > > ping client2 > > > > Since both clients have dynamically assigned IP addresses, how does one >

Re: was Re: how to reduce dhcpd logging? now DCHP name resolution

2000-01-27 Thread Charles Galpin
P deal, its the resolving some other way that I > am wondering about. Take for instance, this scenario. > > Dyamically assigined ip address client named client1. > Another dynamically assigned address client named client2. > from client1 : > > ping client2 > > Since

was Re: how to reduce dhcpd logging? now DCHP name resolution

2000-01-27 Thread Bret Hughes
client1 : ping client2 Since both clients have dynamically assigned IP addresses, how does one get name resolution to work? I can't put it into a host file since I don't know the ipaddress and it is likly to change. Same with dns. Am I missing a tool that talks to DNS server somehow