Re: [SLE] was Still troubled by NFS, now DNS!

From: John (John_at_DMJ-Consultancy.co.uk)
Date: 02/21/05

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    Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:58:47 +0000
To: Jeffrey Laramie <suse-linux-e@trans-star.net>

    Jeffrey Laramie wrote:

    >>>Make sure the IPs of the DNS servers is correct. If you don't use a Search
    >>>Domain then you will need to use the fully qualified host name when naming
    >>>the server in NFS (ie, myhost.mydomain).
    >>>
    >>>Jeff
    >>>
    >>>
    >>I've checked the configuration in YaST as suggested and all seems as I
    >>would expect. My XP workstation resolves and pings all my DNS names but
    >>my SuSE9.2 laptop only returns unknown host.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >OK, then your NFS problem is actually a DNS problem. Check that the laptop
    >firewall allows port 53 udp and tcp through. Try disabling the laptop
    >firewall and retry. From the laptop can you telnet to port 53 on the server?
    >
    >Jeff
    >
    >
    >
    Without changing firewall configuration, telnet ip_address 53 connected,
    telnet FQDN 53 did not. Turning off the firewall made no difference to
    this, nor did re-enabling the firewall and checking the DNS box in YaST

    J 

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