nsswitch and hosts file? nsswitch.conf tells the machine which order to process name resolution. Should it use local files first or nis or dns or whatever? nsswitch.conf makes the decision.
Andy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Talkington Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 4:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Order of resolution -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Javier Gostling wrote: >On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 15:44, Patrick Nelson wrote: >> I can not remember the file that deals with the order that system names are >> resolved. >> >> something like dns, hosts, hand delivered from Eduardo configuration... > >/etc/host.conf What is the relationship between that file and nsswitch.conf? - -d - -- David Talkington PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/0xCA4C11AD.pgp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 iQA/AwUBPP5w4r9BpdPKTBGtEQLWEwCghoXydOjY+iiYnq90lUNd82RKTGMAn2Ha Oikenyy4ySx3Mw+Q5k1+v1en =hPqy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
