DNS problem

Miroslaw Dach miroslaw.dach at psi.ch
Thu Nov 15 04:40:44 PST 2007


Hi All,

I use Busybox 1.4.2 on ppc405. All seem to work fine except DNS.

when I do: ping dummy.org
I get:
ping: dummy.org: Resolver Error 0 (no error)

I have copied across from my host computer following files:

1. /etc/host.conf

cat /etc/host.conf

order hosts,bind

2. /etc/resolv.conf

cat /etc/resolv.conf

search lgh.au
nameserver 129.128.190.11
nameserver 129.128.230.11

3. /etc/nsswitch.conf

cat /etc/nsswitch.conf

passwd:     files
shadow:     files
group:      files

hosts:      files dns

bootparams: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files    
                
ethers:     files
netmasks:   files
networks:   files
protocols:  files
rpc:        files
services:   files                                    
netgroup:   files                                                 
publickey:  nisplus
                                        
automount:  files
aliases:    files nisplus

-----------------------------------------------------------

In the /lib directory I have:

/lib/libnss_dns-2.3.5.so    /lib/libnss_files-2.3.2.so
/lib/libnss_dns.so          /lib/libnss_files.so
/lib/libnss_dns.so.2        /lib/libnss_files.so.2

Does somebody have a clue why the dns resolver does not work in my case.

Best Regards

Mirek



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