Keith Goettert <Keith@???> wrote:
>
>Found a workaround to the problem. By replacing the fully qualified
>domain name in my resolv.conf file with the ip address of the dns server
>it started working.
You can't put a domain name for your name server in resolv.conf, because
you get a chicken-and-egg problem. The system would need the IP address
of the nameserver in order to look up the IP address of the nameserver.
Tony.
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