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hoberion
Asked: 2010-03-24 06:47:10 +0800 CST

network issue ubuntu 8.04 in vmware esx

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ok, this is really pissing me off

I have one ubuntu 8.04 instance running on vmware (esx) which decided after a reboot to stop resolving dns requests, I also cant connect to it using ssh although I can ping the server and its really that server (when I shutdown the server the ping also stops)

stuff I tried: - reboot again :) - nslookup - serverip - setting networking to dhcp - offering some cute kittens to lucifer - removing the virtual nic and adding another (to get a different mac) - migrating the instance to another esx host - drinking 20 cups of espresso - stopped all services - running dnsmasq on another server and connecting to that dns - tcpdumping - disabling ip6

symptoms:

  • cant resolve anything
  • nslookup just says "no servers found..." although I can ping the servers
  • traceroute to gateway doesnt work (even with traceroute -4 -n gatewayip)
  • collegues laughing at me

any thoughts

solved it:

a collegue told me to upgrade/reinstall the vmware tools, I did and it solved my issue after rebooting

ubuntu networking vmware-esx

1 Answers

  1. Have you checked your /etc/nsswitch.conf? This file specifies configuration values for some functions in the C Library and any monkey business in here can cause DNS resolution problems.

    The default /etc/nsswitch.conf on my 8.04 hosts looks like this:

    # /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
# If you have the `glibc-doc-reference' and `info' packages installed, try:
# `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file.

passwd:         compat
group:          compat
shadow:         compat

hosts:          files dns
networks:       files

protocols:      db files
services:       db files
ethers:         db files
rpc:            db files

netgroup:       nis
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