Hi all, I have a weird problem concerning name resolving.
Situation: Reproducable on at least AS 2.1 and RH 7.2 on different (intel) machines. In nsswitch.conf, for hosts, i have files nisplus dns. In resolv.conf i have a working, reachable name server. In /etc/hosts i put host x.y.z which also resolves in DNS. When i strace ping x.y.z i see that after calling libnss_files no more looking up is done and a network connection is made. This is logical since there is an implicit [SUCCES=return] in nsswitch.conf after 'files' and the IP is found in /etc/hosts. When i strace ftp x.y.z i see that after calling libnss_files, libnss_nisplus and libnss_dns are also called and a name lookup is done to the nameserver. Why is that? (telnet behaves the same way) The main problem is that when i ftp to x.y.z when the nameserver(s) are unreachable that i first get a name lookup timeout an then 'ftp' connects to the IP found in /etc/hosts. I must get rid of that timeout.... Any hints? TIA Vanne -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
