Solaris UNIX: How to Setup DNS Client configuration / name server
So how do you set DNS namserver under Sun Solaris UNIX system? The resolver is a set of routines in the C library that provide access to the Internet Domain Name System (DNS). The resolver configuration file contains information that is read by the resolver routines the first time they are invoked by a process. The file is designed to be human readable and contains a list of keywords with values that provide various types of resolver information.
Internet address (in dot notation) of a name server that the resolver should query. Up to MAXNS (currently 3, see
DNS Client Setup
First Create the file called /etc/resolv.conf - which includes the primary and secondary DNS server IP address for Solaris system, it can be your own DNS server or your ISPs DNS server:
# touch /etc/resolv.conf
Open /etc/resolv.conf using vi text editor:
# vi /etc/resolv.conf
Add the following lines to it:
search nixcraft.in nameserver 202.54.1.30 nameserver 202.54.1.18
Where,
- nameserver IP : It is IP of first DNS server
- search nixcraft.in : Default domain name to search. For example, if you type command nslookup www, it will search it as www.nixcraft.in
2) Enable the name resolving using DNS as follows:
# cp /etc/nsswitch.dns /etc/nsswitch.conf
3) Test new name server by running the nslookup command as follows:
# nslookup nixcraft.in
OR
# /usr/sfw/sbin/nslookup nixcraft.in
Output:
Server: gwbsd2vsnl.nixcraft.in Address: 192.168.1.202 Non-authoritative answer: Name: nixcraft.in Address: 202.71.128.225
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Tags: dns_client, dns_name_resolution, dns_server_ip, dns_server_ip_address, resolv.conf_file, secondary_dns_server, server_ip_address, solaris_system
This works! GREAT! THANKS!
It really works. Never did a Solaris configuration yet, well ’till now.
Might be because of
1) Your solaris system is using DHCP to get all info such as IP, Router, DNS server etc
2) You configured DNS while installing Solaris itself
3) OR may be you have configured NIS+ Client to Use DNS