MrKiwi wrote: > Bob Goodwin wrote: >> Les Mikesell wrote: >>> Scott Silva wrote: >>>> Bob Goodwin spake the following on 3/20/2007 3:22 PM: >>>>> I've just installed Centos 4.4 on a computer, replacing FC6, and the >>>>> first thing I find is that DNS does not work no matter what I have in >>>>> /etc/resolv.conf. It should at least work with my ISP's assigned >>>>> server >>>>> but doesn't. Numerical URL's work via the browser and ping. Is >>>>> there >>>>> something else I need to attend to? >>>>> >>>>> I hope this is the right list for such questions. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> Bob Goodwin >>> >>>> Named isn't started by default, even if you install >>>> caching-nameserver. >>> >>> Named doesn't need to be running if your /etc/resolv.conf points >>> elsewhere. Do you have firewalls blocking port 53? >>> >>> 'dig' is usually a reasonable diagnostic tool. >>> >> I tried disabling the firewall, still nothing. >> >> dig just reports "connection timed out; no servers could be reached" >> >> Bob > > post these; > cat /etc/resolv.conf > cat /etc/nsswitch.conf |grep -v ^# > > MrKiwi cat /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 12.189.32.61 cat /etc/nsswitch.conf |grep -v ^# ......... hosts: files dns ......... I have to type these manually since Centos is on another computer. Bob > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >