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Andrew Judge wrote:

>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.

No, nsswitch.conf and host.conf.  I know what nsswitch.conf does, but
host.conf appears to perform a redundant function.  What is the
relationship between the two?  Neither man page mentions the other file.

- -d


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David Talkington

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