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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers The Desktop Messaging System Could Not Be Started HP-UX Post 54752 by cpiuk on Monday 23rd of August 2004 11:48:42 AM
Old 08-23-2004
Quote:
Originally posted by Perderabo
Windows may be providing DNS.

Post the ouput from the following commands:

ls -l /etc/nsswitch.*
uname -a

Also, does "man nsswitch.conf" give you a man page?
Hi,
ls -l /etc/nsswitch.* gave me a list of 5 files:

nsswitch.compat
nsswitch.files
nsswitch.hp-defaults
nsswitch.nis
nsswitch.nisplus

uname -a gave the following info:
HP-UX hpunix B.11.11 U 9000/712 2004698268 unlimited_user license

And man nsswitch.conf did give me a man page.....large isnt it!

It looks like nsswitch.files can be used to create a nsswitch.conf file, but i'm uncertain as to the changes needed at the moment.

The envioment i'm in is a windows Workgroup with a WinXP system running internet connection shareing. So that XP system is providing IP addresses etc for the network.

Thanks for any help you can give ;-)
Phil
 

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DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE(1)				      General Commands Manual					  DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE(1)

NAME
desktop-file-validate - Validate desktop entry files SYNOPSIS
desktop-file-validate [--no-warn-deprecated] [--warn-kde] FILE... DESCRIPTION
The desktop-file-validate program is a tool to validate desktop entry files according to the Desktop Entry specification 1.0. The specification describes a file format to provide information such as name, icon and description for an application. Such a file can then be used as an application launcher and to display the application in the applications menu. For information about the Desktop Entry specification, see http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/desktop-entry-spec. The desktop entry files are commonly called desktop files. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: --no-warn-deprecated Do not warn about usage of deprecated items that were defined in previous versions of the specification. --warn-kde Warn about usage of KDE extensions to the specification. This includes the use of the KDE Desktop Entry group, of the ServiceTypes, DocPath, Keywords, InitialPreference, Dev, FSType, MountPoint, ReadOnly, UnmountIcon keys, or of the Service, ServiceType and FSDe- vice types. BUGS
If you find bugs in the desktop-file-validate program, please report these on https://bugs.freedesktop.org. SEE ALSO
desktop-file-edit(1) desktop-file-install(1) FREEDESKTOP.ORG DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE(1)
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