[OpenIndiana-discuss] DNS problem

[Reginald Beardsley]

My nnswitch.conf file got stepped on by something which substituted nsswitch.files during a reboot when I took the machine down to remove the 5 TB disk. This was after I had fixed the problem once already. Fortunately, I immediately recognized what had happened. I still don't no why though.

Reg

     On Monday, February 22, 2021, 04:15:35 PM CST, Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss <openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> wrote:  
 
 

> On 22. Feb 2021, at 21:33, L. F. Elia via openindiana-discuss <openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> wrote:
> 
> I usually use 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8 for dns. There are IPv6 options of those for you who need them
> ----lfelia at yahoo.com, Portsmouth VA, 23701
> Solaris/LINUX/Windows administration CISSP/Security consulting 
> 
>    On Saturday, February 20, 2021, 10:29:00 AM EST, Reginald Beardsley via openindiana-discuss <openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> wrote:  
> 
> I'd been using a Linksys WRT54GL  and DD-WRT for 12 years without any problems.  A few days ago I started having issues of  not being able to properly making connections.  It might work fine for an hour and then web sites would time out on access attempts.
> 
> I have replaced it with a Linksys N600. That is working fine from Debian 9.3, but not with Hipster 2017.10.
> 
> If I do "nslookup login.yahoo.com" I get the usual response from the N600.  But if I attempt "traceroute login.yahoo.com" I get an "unknown host login.yahoo.com" .
> 
> "traceroute <ip addr>" works as expected.
> 
> I'm *very* rusty at this as I set everything up many years ago. I suspect the issue is a conflict with nwamd.  For Hipster I configured  a static LAN ip address in the traditional fashion.
> 
> I have the following settings:
> 
> /etc/hostname.<nic> 
> <static 192.168 ip addr>
> 
> /etc/defaultrouter
> gateway <gateway 192.168. ip addr>
> 
> /etc/resolv.conf 
> nameserver <gateway 192.168  ip addr>
> 
> As an experiment I removed all those but nothing changed.
> 
> What things might I have misconfigured to create these symptoms?
> 
> 

You do not mention /etc/nsswitch.conf. I think, that too, is traditional way to break things;)

rgds,
toomas


> 
> I am *not* a fan of "auto magical" anything.  I've been administering my own SunOS systems for 30 years starting with a 3/60 and 4.1.1a.  So it's natural for me to continue using the pattern set by that.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> openindiana-discuss mailing list
> openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org
> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
> 
> _______________________________________________
> openindiana-discuss mailing list
> openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org
> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss


_______________________________________________
openindiana-discuss mailing list
openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org
https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss