On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 12:27:48AM -0500, Robert Haeckl wrote:
> > ... The more severe
> > problem is that the DNS code on the local machines appears to initially
> > ignore host.conf and hosts, until the internet nameservers tells it to
> > go away.
> >
> > Surely DNS isn't _supposed_ to work this way?
> >
> > Paul
>
> You might want to check /etc/nsswitch.conf for the lines:
>
> hosts: files dns
> networks: files dns
> services: files
>
> if you haven't already done so. It's my understanding that the resolver
> looks here now to see how to resolve names. According to the man file,
> if the nsswitch.conf file is missing, libc.so.6 uses dns by default to
> resolve names.
>
> -Robert
>
Hmm. I'll try that. I was aware that there was an nsswitch.conf file,
but I didn't really know what it was for. And the man pages for the
other files involved (resolv.conf, hosts, etc.) don't make much mention
of this.
Paul
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