[ale] BIND (named-8.2.2) wierdness

[ups at tree.com (Stephan Uphoff)]

Make sure that your /etc/nsswitch.conf contains
hosts: files dns


> Hi, folks...
> 
> Dig this (no pun intended...  :)
> 
> Ping, traceroute, lynx and whatever else I try to run give me
> "hostname lookup failures," but host & nslookup work just fine
> in both forward & reverse "directions."  I can access things by
> IP-addresses just fine.  Name lookup fails even after I "prime" it
> using the "host" command...  Named startup messages appear to be ok.
> 
> Software/config:
> 
> - Slackware 7 with bind-8.2.2.
> - dialup/pppd with the default route on ppp0, if that's of any help...
> - nameserver configured as cache-only.
> 
> What gives?
> 
> This all worked just fine previously (Slackware 4/bind 8.1.2, I think).
> 
> -kc
> Kenneth W. Cochran
> Alexander City, Alabama
>