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Hi everyone, Which is the configuration file where you should configure the external DNS? Is it resolv.conf? My problem is that the I cannot resolve fully qualified domain (FQDN) names ...
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  1. 03-04-2004 #1
    jano
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    resolv.conf and DNS

    Hi everyone,

    Which is the configuration file where you should configure the external DNS? Is it resolv.conf?

    My problem is that the I cannot resolve fully qualified domain (FQDN) names like www.linuxforums.org.

    I did add a name server like ns.dns.br but the name lookups are not working.

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    Jano
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  2. 03-04-2004 #2
    nikhil
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    check your /etc/nsswitch.conf file and make sure you have the following line there:
    hosts: files dns

    and then in the resolv.conf just add your local dns name server...somthing like this:
    nameserver <ip-address>
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