[NBLUG/talk] Firewall killing gethostbyname()?

[Micxz Love (lovedialup.com)]

Yes this is definatly a DNS issue! Not a firewall.

Micxz

 > Daniel Smith wrote:
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>> Check your file "/etc/resolv.conf"
>> Does it include "search some-domain.name"?
>> like:
>> search pacbell.net
>> ?
>> This can be appended to host name searches when a single name fails. 
>> (Many
>> time, host name lookup require a "FQDN" (Fully Qualified Domain Name) to
>> work.
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> Very good!  This is helpful, thanks Mike.
> 
> Daniel