network issue

[Scot L. Harris]

On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 21:27, Min Chien Lim wrote:

> 
> The problem may not pertain to the routing table.  I cannot
> ping/telnet to the hostname but I can ping/telnet to the IP address. 
> And ypmatch returns the correct results.  Ping/telnet to the hostname
> results in a "unknown host ..."

That sounds like a problem with your /etc/resolv.conf.  You need to have
at least one nameserver listed there that your system can get to.

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