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Re: strange problem



nslookup:
> aristo.savan.com
Server:  ns.gtek.co.il
Address:  62.0.59.6

Name:    aristo.savan.com
Address:  192.117.120.137

> rina.savan.com
Server:  ns.gtek.co.il
Address:  62.0.59.6

*** ns.gtek.co.il can't find rina.savan.com: Non-existent domain
> 192.117.120.137
Server:  ns.gtek.co.il
Address:  62.0.59.6

Name:    aristo.savan.com
Address:  192.117.120.137

> 192.117.120.121
Server:  ns.gtek.co.il
Address:  62.0.59.6

*** ns.gtek.co.il can't find 192.117.120.121: Non-existent domain
>

The name doesn't appear to be defined in your DNS. I don't know how ping
found it, but you definitly have a DNS problem here.

Try looking at /etc/nsswitch.conf, see what it says under "hosts".

                Shachar


erez@savan.com wrote:

> look at this:
>
> erez@aristo ~==> vncviewer rina.savan.com:0
> vncviewer: couldn't convert 'rina.savan.com' to host address
> erez@aristo ~==> vncviewer rina:0
> vncviewer: couldn't convert 'rina' to host address
> erez@aristo ~==> host rina
> rina.savan.com has address 192.117.120.121
> erez@aristo ~==> nmblookup rina
> Unknown parameter encountered: "domain controller"
> Ignoring unknown parameter "domain controller"
> Sending queries to 192.117.120.255
> 192.117.120.121 rina<00>
> erez@aristo ~==> ping rina
> PING rina.savan.com (192.117.120.121) from 192.117.120.120 : 56 data
> bytes
> [snip]
>
> why doesn't vncviewer find the ip for the host while all other programs
> find it ?
>
> thanks
> erez.
>
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