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Operating Systems Solaris Cannot access Sun 10 using Hostname and sun10 cant reach other hostnames Post 302240580 by isellapples on Friday 26th of September 2008 05:35:33 AM
Old 09-26-2008
Cannot access Sun 10 using Hostname and sun10 cant reach other hostnames
Hi all,

I'm setting up a VM on our ESX server using Sun 10 x86. I've configured the hostname in Sun 10, but no other machine is able to use the hostname to communicate with it (i can however use its IP address)

hostname is set in the /etc/nodename file

my resolv.conf looks like

Code:
domain ent.ad.xyz.com
search xyz.com
nameserver 142.88.nn.nn
nameserver 142.88.nn.yy
nameserver 10.67.nn.nn

I have also replaced the default /etc/nsswitch.conf with /etc/nsswitch.dns so it reads

Code:
..
hosts:        files dns
ipnodes:     files dns
..

with everything else followed by files

I know Ive missed something obvious, because I can't access other machines on the network from the Sun 10 machine using their hostnames either... all other machines are running varying versions of windows

thanks for any help
 

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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

updatemanager

updatemanager(1M)					  System Administration Commands					 updatemanager(1M)

NAME

       updatemanager - start the Sun Update Manager application

SYNOPSIS

       updatemanager

DESCRIPTION

       The  updatemanager  command  starts the Sun Update Manager application. The Sun Update Manager is a graphical user interface (GUI) that you
       can use to manage updates and patches on your Solaris system.

       For more information about using this application, see the Sun Update Manager 1.0 Administration Guide in the Sun Update Connection, System
       Edition Collection on docs.sun.com.

       You can also manage updates and patches on the command line by using the smpatch command. See the smpatch(1M) man page.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWupdatemgru		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Unstable			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       smpatch(1M), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    11 Oct 2005 						 updatemanager(1M)
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