Skip this procedure if the security administrator has planned a closed network.
If you are using DNS to contact hosts outside of your domain, you must set it up. For detailed information about DNS, see the Solaris Naming Setup and Configuration Guide.
Create a resolv.conf file with the appropriate name servers using the Set DNS Servers action.
Using the Name Service Switch action, change the hosts entry in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file to use DNS.
~ #hosts: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #Uncomment the following line, and comment out the above, #to use both DNS and NIS+. You must also set up the #/etc/resolv.conf file for DNS name server lookup. #See resolv.conf(4). hosts: files nisplus dns ~