full dns support [Solved]

[maulbongo]

Hi there,

This for those who want to get the whole nameresolving comfort running in Sabayon.
And for this I also created a wiki article:

http://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?title=HOWTO:_full_dns_support

1. edit the

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/etc/nssswitch.conf

and change the line

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hosts:       files mdns4_minimal dns mdns4

to

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hosts:       files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4   wins

now it is possible to ping hostnames but to give all programs the effort of using dns names (for example realvnc) you need to

2. open a terminal and become su

3. run these two commands

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rc-update add nscd default

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/etc/init.d/nscd start

and enjoy this usability

[Fitzcarraldo]

Hello maulbongo, and welcome to the SL Forums. Nice to see you are posting some helpful information, but it would be better if you used the SL Wiki for these 'how to' threads and then just posted a link to your SL Wiki article in the SL Forums. That way your 'how to' articles will not get lost in the mists of time as new forum threads get added and your threads move down.

[maulbongo]

Hi Fitzcarraldo,

Thank you for these informations, I'll do it straight away.