In your /etc/resolv.conf file you also need a search line for DNS suffixes. An example would be as follows: search redhat.com google.com nameserver 192.168.1.1 Jay Berryman Systems Engineer, RHCT, RHCE SITEL World Wide jay.berryman@xxxxxxxxx Work: (402)-963-6347 Cell: (402)-598-1737 This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient, or the authorized agent of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify SITEL immediately by telephone at 402.963.6001 and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Thank you for your cooperation -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Martini 1 Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 16:03 To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Can't ping by hostname only by IP address I just installed RHEL WS 3.0 and I can ping other hosts in my subnet by IP address but not by hostname. The hosts file in my /etc/nsswitch.conf file looks like this hosts: files dns I have one IP address of one of my DNS servers in the /etc/resolv.conf file. But when I type ping hostname it says "unknown host" Is there some other file I need to update? Thanks a lot! Dave Martini LLNL -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
