>>>>> Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom [Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 05:42:44PM -0600]: > anyone know how to configure name resolution on IRIX? I put entries in > /etc/resolv.conf; and using 'nslookup', it sort of works (finds fully > qualified names); but 'ping' and the like don't resolve names. :( > in /etc/nsswitch.conf the hosts: line reads: > hosts: dns, files > what am I missing here? Probably nothing, I had the same problem on my indy (as has everyone else that I know who's toyed with irix), which troubled me for days until I just decided to HUP nsd... and voila, it worked. -- timothy r. lupfer tl at assimilated.org Familiarity breeds contempt--and children. -- Mark Twain