[Beowulf] gethostbyname?

[Ryan Sweet]

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Henderson, T Todd @ IS wrote:

> Hello all!
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> I've set up a new cluster using FC 4 and am trying to get an app to run, it
> is mpich based.  However, when I try to run it I get:
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> p0_13866:  p4_error: Could not gethostbyname for host aerowulf2; may be
> invalid name
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> : 61

It will be difficult to give you a full answer without more details, but at 
least try this:

Check your default search domain (resolve.conf) and your nsswitch.conf.

Are you using DNS or hosts?  If hosts, make sure you list the fqdn first, the 
short name second.

regards,
-ryan

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> I have done an internet search and everything points back to the hosts file,
> etc.  However, I can do ping, rsh, nslookup, etc using aerowulf2 and they
> all work.  This code works fine on an older cluster running RH8.
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> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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> Thanks,
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> Todd Henderson
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