* resolve.c (main): Make error message note that misconfiguration

	of /etc/hosts, as well as problems with resolver library, are all
	likely to cause failure.

git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.mit.edu/krb5/trunk@13343 dc483132-0cff-0310-8789-dd5450dbe970

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/tests/resolve/ChangeLog b/src/tests/resolve/ChangeLog
index c0e101d318..b24f8fe3c1 100644
--- a/src/tests/resolve/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/tests/resolve/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-06-12  Tom Yu  <tlyu@mit.edu>
+
+	* resolve.c (main): Make error message note that misconfiguration
+	of /etc/hosts, as well as problems with resolver library, are all
+	likely to cause failure.
+
 1999-10-26  Wilfredo Sanchez  <tritan@mit.edu>
 
 	* Makefile.in: Clean up usage of CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, DEFS, DEFINES,
diff --git a/src/tests/resolve/resolve.c b/src/tests/resolve/resolve.c
index 023c378f4e..8937c23429 100644
--- a/src/tests/resolve/resolve.c
+++ b/src/tests/resolve/resolve.c
@@ -137,8 +137,19 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	 */
 	ptr = strchr(host->h_name, '.');
 	if (ptr == NULL || ptr[1] == '\0') {
-		fprintf(stderr, "\nResolve library did not return a fully qualified domain name\n");
-		fprintf(stderr, "You may have to reconfigure the kerberos distribution to select a\ndifferent set of libraries using --with-netlib[=libs]\n");
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"\nResolve library did not return a "
+			"fully qualified domain name.\n\n"
+			"If you are using /etc/hosts before DNS, "
+			"e.g. \"files\" is listed first\n"
+			"for \"hosts:\" in nsswitch.conf, ensure that "
+			"you have listed the FQDN\n"
+			"as the first name for the local host.\n\n"
+			"If this does not correct the problem, "
+			"you may have to reconfigure the kerberos\n"
+			"distribution to select a "
+			"different set of libraries using \n"
+			"--with-netlib[=libs]\n");
 		exit(3);
 	}