Andrew Judge wrote:
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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.
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To test this out...
1. The local name s
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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.
On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 20:45, Patrick Nelson wrote:
> Javier Gostling wrote:
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> /etc/host.conf
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> Yeah that's the one. What are the things that can be used in the order
> sequence?
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> Mine says:
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> order hosts,bind
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> I want to make it search
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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 th
Javier Gostling wrote:
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/etc/host.conf
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Yeah that's the one. What are the things that can be used in the order
sequence?
Mine says:
order hosts,bind
I want to make it search the local name server and if that fails go to the
hosts table. The hosts tab
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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.
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>> something like dns, hosts, hand delivered from Eduardo configuration...
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>I can not remember the file that deals with the order that system names are
>resolved.
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>something like dns, hosts, hand delivered from Eduardo configuration...
Are you thinking of: /etc/nsswitch.conf
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Javier Gostling [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 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
There
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
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