On Friday 08 April 2011 14:32, the following was written:
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 1:27 PM, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Johan Martinez wrote:
> > > I have modified /etc/hosts file with IP address and hostname entries.
> > > However, host command is returning 'Host vhost1.example.com not found:
> > > 3(NXDOMAIN)'. Also, apache is returning error on start as '[error]
> > > (EAI 2)Name or service not known: Could not resolve host name
> > > vhost1.example.com-- ignoring!' . The ssh worked fine and resolved the
> > > hostname correctly (ssh
> > > from same system to itself - just for test). Am I missing something
> > > here? I thought /etc/hosts will be referred for all lookups. Any
> > > help??
> >
> > Does /etc/resolv.conf exist? If so, what does /etc/nsswitch.conf say -
> > files first?
> >
> > mark
>
> resolv.conf exists and nsswitch.conf has a following line:
> "hosts: files dns"
Check /etc/host.conf that is the file that tells the system in what order to
do it's lookups. Should be as follows:
order hosts,bind
> SELinux was in enforcing mode, but I didn't see any errors in audit.log.
> Still I have disabled it for now.
SELinux shouldn't play a role here.
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