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<H4>By James T. Dennis,
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>Netscape can't find ANY of THEM</H3>
<p><strong>From Space on Tue, 18 Jan 2000
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Hi,
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I know this is a silly question, but I just can't seem to figure this
out. I setup my ISP and dial in and log on ok, then when I open Netscape and
try to open a web page Netscape can't find any of them!?!?! I had it fixed
once but since then I have reinstalled RH 6.1 again and can't remember how I
fixed it. I am starting a journal and keeping track from now on! Thanks
Answer Guy
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Space@
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<BLOCKQUOTE><IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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Sounds like you have something wrong with your
<TT>/etc/resolv.conf</TT> (like it's empty or it doesn't
list any valid name servers).
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Ask your ISP for a list of preferred name servers.
(You can use just about any on there on the
Internet so long as you have IP addressing and
routing working, but it's polite to use the
ones that are "close" to you).
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If that still doesn't work, then look at
your <tt>nsswitch.conf</tt> and consider replacing it
with something more like:
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<blockquote><pre># /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
# If you have the `glibc-doc' and `info' packages installed, try:
# `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file.
passwd: compat
group: compat
shadow: compat
hosts: files dns
networks: files
protocols: db files
services: db files
ethers: db files
rpc: db files
netgroup: nis
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The <tt>nsswitch.conf</tt> that comes with
<A HREF="http://www.redhat.com/">Red Hat</A> is
silly and makes all sorts of reference to NIS and NIS+
services which you probably aren't using. Those
should be harmless though they do impact performance.
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