Very Computer

I have the following problem(s) with my Sparc 2

1. I think the machine thinks it is a router, the only way I have been able
to get DNS, ping, ftp, or netscape working is to define a route to the
network that the system im trying to connect to is on

        for www.yahoo.com 204.71.200.66

        route -v add -net 204.71.200 207.100.175.1

207.100.175.1 is the address of the Cisco router on our LAN, it goes to
another router which connects via frame relay to the icix/uunet backbone

I read on docs.sun.com that the system assumes that the machine is a router
if there are more than one address in the /stc/hosts file. So I removed the
other one (local host/loopback) and left just the address of the cisco
router.

2.    I have no idea if the changes I made in nsswitch.conf are right

3. I have no idea if resolv.conf is correctly set up

4. I am confused as hell about this whole thing, if anyone can provide me
with the names of the files and how to configure them I would greatly
appreciate it. Thanks.

Other info you might need:

The system is a SS2 running Solaris 2.5.1

The hostname (nodename?) is Simons-SS2 (if necessary for some reason I will
change it)

When booting the system runs the routing daemon (i think that this is part
of the problem)

The static IP address for this machine is 207.100.175.25 the subnet is
255.255.255.128 the domain I am on is sdscom.com (i think so, the comapny's
www server is at 207.100.175.2 so that is what i'm guessing)

I have no NIS or NIS+ server available

I need to use DNS, my DNS servers are at 206.72.128.98 and 206.72.128.34

The router that should be used is at 207.100.175.1

I am new to Solaris so if you can provide the modified versions of the
necessary files (or verbose descriptions of the modifications that are
necessary) please do.

Thanks for the help

Simon Briggs

First, execute these commands:

  man hosts
  man resolv.conf
  man nsswitch.conf
  man defaultrouter

Second, look at /etc/init.d/inetinit.
  Search for the word "notrouter" and read the
  commented paragraph just above it.

Third, fix these files:

  /etc/inet/hosts -----------------------------------------

    127.0.0.1      localhost
    207.100.175.25 simons-ss2 simons-ss2.sdscom.com loghost

  /etc/defaultrouter -----------------------------------------

    207.100.175.1

  /etc/nsswitch.conf -----------------------------------------

    passwd:         files
    group:          files
    hosts:          files dns
    networks:       files
    protocols:      files
    rpc:            files
    ethers:         files
    netmasks:       files
    bootparams:     files
    publickey:      files
    netgroup:       files
    automount:      files
    aliases:        files
    services:       files
    sendmailvars:   files

  /etc/net/ticlts/hosts -----------------------------------------

    simons-ss2 simons-ss2

  /etc/net/ticots/hosts -----------------------------------------

    simons-ss2 simons-ss2

  /etc/net/ticotsord/hosts -----------------------------------------

    simons-ss2 simons-ss2

  /etc/nodename -----------------------------------------

    simons-ss2

  /etc/hostname.le0 -----------------------------------------

    simons-ss2

  /etc/resolv.conf -----------------------------------------

    search sdscom.com
    nameserver 206.72.128.98
    nameserver 206.72.128.34

Fourth, reboot.                                      

Robert Yoder
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"Unix:  The Solution to the W2K Problem."