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by **Josh** » Wed, 26 Dec 2001 19:00:33

My /etc/hosts file seems to be ignored when I use programs like "ping."
for my localhost (127.0.0.1) I have a host name, but this isn't being
used when I try to ping it. My /etc/host.conf file has the proper
configuration as well:

order hosts,bind
multi on

But still nothing. The network works fine, but hostname lookups from
/etc/hosts isn't. Could anyone provide any help?
Thank you,
Josh.

by **Lurc** » Wed, 26 Dec 2001 21:48:24

> My /etc/hosts file seems to be ignored when I use programs like "ping."
> for my localhost (127.0.0.1) I have a host name, but this isn't being
> used when I try to ping it. My /etc/host.conf file has the proper
> configuration as well:

Does the folowing command return anything?
strace ping localhost >& tst.tmp && grep /etc/hosts tst.tmp && rm tst.tmp

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by **David Goldstei** » Wed, 26 Dec 2001 22:11:29

> My /etc/hosts file seems to be ignored when I use programs like "ping."
> for my localhost (127.0.0.1) I have a host name, but this isn't being
> used when I try to ping it. My /etc/host.conf file has the proper
> configuration as well:

> order hosts,bind
> multi on

> But still nothing. The network works fine, but hostname lookups from
> /etc/hosts isn't. Could anyone provide any help?

What does your hosts file look like? When you edit/create this file,
you should have something that looks like this:

192.168.0.1 mybox.linux mybox

This should appear for all of the boxes in your local network, with
the appropriate ip addresses and names. If it does, then a simple ping
mybox should work with no problem.

Quote:> Thank you,
> Josh.

David

by **Josh** » Thu, 27 Dec 2001 07:13:53

>> My /etc/hosts file seems to be ignored when I use programs like "ping."
>> for my localhost (127.0.0.1) I have a host name, but this isn't being
>> used when I try to ping it. My /etc/host.conf file has the proper
>> configuration as well:

> Does the folowing command return anything?
> strace ping localhost >& tst.tmp && grep /etc/hosts tst.tmp && rm tst.tmp

No, that command does not return any output. I can "ping localhost"
but it doesn't read anything else from /etc/hosts.

Here is my /etc/hosts file:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost hewbert
24.253.11.221 cd585345-e.rpdcty1.sd.home.com cd585345-e
192.168.0.112 hewbert-l
192.168.0.3 josh

I can't ping "localhost.localdomain" or "josh" or the others.

/etc/host.conf (as mentioned before) is setup like the following:
order hosts,bind

Thank you,
Josh.

by **Josh** » Thu, 27 Dec 2001 07:16:01

>> My /etc/hosts file seems to be ignored when I use programs like "ping."
>> for my localhost (127.0.0.1) I have a host name, but this isn't being
>> used when I try to ping it. My /etc/host.conf file has the proper
>> configuration as well:

>> order hosts,bind
>> multi on

>> But still nothing. The network works fine, but hostname lookups from
>> /etc/hosts isn't. Could anyone provide any help?

> What does your hosts file look like? When you edit/create this file,
> you should have something that looks like this:

> 192.168.0.1 mybox.linux mybox

As posted before, here's my /etc/hosts file:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost hewbert
24.253.11.221 cd585345-e.rpdcty1.sd.home.com cd585345-e
192.168.0.112 hewbert-l
192.168.0.3 josh

Quote:
> This should appear for all of the boxes in your local network, with
> the appropriate ip addresses and names. If it does, then a simple ping
> mybox should work with no problem.

I have the box's 2 cards included as well as another local machine.
However, a "ping josh" or a "ping hewbert-l" doesn't work. "ping
localhost.localdomain" doesn't even work?

Quote:
>> Thank you,
>> Josh.

> David

Josh.

by **Bit Twist** » Thu, 27 Dec 2001 07:59:03

try adding something like
domain invalid <=============== this is my lan domain, use yours
search localdomain rpdcty1.sd.home.com home.com
to /etc/resolv.conf

> My /etc/hosts file seems to be ignored when I use programs like "ping."
> for my localhost (127.0.0.1) I have a host name, but this isn't being
> used when I try to ping it. My /etc/host.conf file has the proper
> configuration as well:

> order hosts,bind
> multi on

> But still nothing. The network works fine, but hostname lookups from
> /etc/hosts isn't. Could anyone provide any help?
> Thank you,
> Josh.

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by **Lurc** » Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:02:47

>> Does the folowing command return anything?
>> strace ping localhost >& tst.tmp && grep /etc/hosts tst.tmp && rm tst.tmp

> No, that command does not return any output. I can "ping localhost"
> but it doesn't read anything else from /etc/hosts.

Strange...

Do you have a line like
hosts: files nisplus dns
in /etc/nsswitch.conf

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by **Al Tuttl** » Fri, 28 Dec 2001 00:27:41

> >> My /etc/hosts file seems to be ignored when I use programs like "ping."
> >> for my localhost (127.0.0.1) I have a host name, but this isn't being
> >> used when I try to ping it. My /etc/host.conf file has the proper
> >> configuration as well:

> > Does the folowing command return anything?
> > strace ping localhost >& tst.tmp && grep /etc/hosts tst.tmp && rm tst.tmp

> No, that command does not return any output. I can "ping localhost"
> but it doesn't read anything else from /etc/hosts.

> Here is my /etc/hosts file:

> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost hewbert
> 24.253.11.221 cd585345-e.rpdcty1.sd.home.com cd585345-e
> 192.168.0.112 hewbert-l
> 192.168.0.3 josh

> I can't ping "localhost.localdomain" or "josh" or the others.

> /etc/host.conf (as mentioned before) is setup like the following:
> order hosts,bind

> Thank you,
> Josh.

Hmmm.... your hosts file looks strange to me. I would think it would
be:

127.0.0.1 localhost
24.253.11.221 cd585345-e.rpdcty1.sd.home.com cd585345-e
192.168.0.112 hewbert-l.<yerdomain> hewbert-l
192.168.0.3 josh.<yerdomain> josh

But then maybe I come from a simpler time.

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