Problem with local network

[Paul Howarth]

On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 18:50 +0000, Chris Jones wrote:
> I have a networking problem which is puzzling me. I am clearly missing
> something. Several of my servers apps are failing because they are
> unable to resolve any of the local hostnames. I have checked
> /etc/hosts, /ete/resolv.conf and both are as they should be, yet I am
> unable to ping any of my LAN connected PC's by name. I can ping them
> by their IP addressess, but not by name.
> 
> What else should I look for?

What's in /etc/nsswitch.conf?

$ grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf

Paul.