host: parse of /etc/resolv.conf failed

linux parsing dns host nameservers
Xavi Montero picture Xavi Montero · May 25, 2012 · Viewed 19.3k times · Source

I'm getting an error and I cannot see what happens, please see if you can catch what's wrong.

Whenever I use the "host" command, I get this error:

xavi@cobalto:~$ host www.guparty.com
host: parse of /etc/resolv.conf failed

I think the syntax is correct:

xavi@cobalto:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
search dsitelecom.com
nameserver 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4

Also permissions are readable for everybody:

xavi@cobalto:~$ ls -l /etc/resolv.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49 2011-10-30 12:02 /etc/resolv.conf

Probably it is a silly thing but I cannot get it. Do you see anything wrong there?

Thanks!

Answer

guido picture guido · May 25, 2012

Check your syntax, you need to define one nameserver per line in /etc/resolv.conf

search dsitelecom.com
nameserver 8.8.8.8 
nameserver 8.8.4.4

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