[indiana-discuss] DNS problem in 2008.05 RC2

[Bryan Boone]

BTW...
My network connection periodically dies.  How can I restart it, if I'm 
using the magic daemon?... And is this a VMWare thing that I won't see 
when I install it for real?
(Close to going production)
-Bryan

James Legg wrote:
> The hosts line should be:
> hosts dns
> 
> I had this same issue this morning, with RC2a I don't see why nwam
> does not always seem to adjust this. Manually editing will provide a
> temp fix.
> 
> Cheers
> James
> 
> 
> On 1 May 2008, at 20:46, Vitaly Davidenko wrote:
> 
>> Here is /etc/nsswitch.conf from my system:
>>
>> # CDDL HEADER START
>> #
>> # The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the
>> # Common Development and Distribution License (the "License").
>> # You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
>> #
>> # You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE
>> # or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing.
>> # See the License for the specific language governing permissions
>> # and limitations under the License.
>> #
>> # When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each
>> # file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE.
>> # If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the
>> # fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying
>> # information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
>> #
>> # CDDL HEADER END
>> #
>> # Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
>> # Use is subject to license terms.
>> #
>> # ident       "@(#)nsswitch.files     1.16    06/03/24 SMI"
>>
>> #
>> # /etc/nsswitch.files:
>> #
>> # An example file that could be copied over to /etc/nsswitch.conf; it
>> # does not use any naming service.
>> #
>> # "hosts:" and "services:" in this file are used only if the
>> # /etc/netconfig file has a "-" for nametoaddr_libs of "inet"
>> transports.
>>
>> passwd:     files
>> group:      files
>> hosts:       files
>> ipnodes:     files
>> networks:   files
>> protocols:  files
>> rpc:        files
>> ethers:     files
>> netmasks:   files
>> bootparams: files
>> publickey:  files
>> # At present there isn't a 'files' backend for netgroup;  the system
>> will
>> #   figure it out pretty quickly, and won't use netgroups at all.
>> netgroup:   files
>> automount:  files
>> aliases:    files
>> services:   files
>> printers:     user files
>>
>> auth_attr:  files
>> prof_attr:  files
>> project:    files
>>
>> tnrhtp:     files
>> tnrhdb:     files
>>
>> May be this information is helpful...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Vitaly
>>
>>
>>
>> On 01.05.2008, at 23:18, Steffen Weiberle wrote:
>>
>>> Glenn Lagasse wrote:
>>>> * Vitaly (java at skypoint.ru) wrote:
>>>>> Hello!
>>>>> I have noticed a problem with DNS in OpenSolaris 2008.05 in WMWare
>>>>> Fusion virtual machine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Network works
>>>>>
>>>>> $ ifconfig -a lo0:
>>>>> flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu
>>>>> 8232
>>>>> index 1 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 pcn0:
>>>>> flags=201004843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4,CoS> mtu
>>>>> 1500
>>>>> index 2 inet 192.168.212.128 netmask ffffff00 broadcast
>>>>> 192.168.212.255 lo0:
>>>>> flags=2002000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv6,VIRTUAL> mtu
>>>>> 8252
>>>>> index 1 inet6 ::1/128
>>>>>
>>>>> nslookup works: $ nslookup opensolaris.org Server:         192.168.212.2
>>>>> Address:   192.168.212.2#53
>>>>>
>>>>> Non-authoritative answer: Name:    opensolaris.org Address:
>>>>> 72.5.123.5
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> But other programs cannot resolve hostnames, for example, wget
>>>>> says:
>>>>>
>>>>> $ wget opensolaris.org --13:13:26--  http://opensolaris.org/ =>
>>>>> `index.html' Resolving opensolaris.org... failed: node name or
>>>>> service
>>>>> name not known.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem occurs both on live CD and on the installed system.
>>>> I've seen an intermittant issue such as this though under different
>>>> circumstances.  Try restarting the name-service-cache service:
>>>> pfexec svcadm restart name-service-cache
>>>> And see if that gets things going for you.
>>> I have as well, and it is probably no dns in /etc/nsswitch.conf.
>>>
>>> I have not seen this with RC3.
>>>
>>>> cheers,
>>>> Glenn
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