[techtalk] localhost, etc.

[Wendt,Andrew]

>This process is all controlled by /etc/host.conf.  Mine has this in it (which 
>is standard):
>
>order hosts,bind
>
>which says "check the /etc/hosts file, then the real nameservers if that 
>doesn't work.

I wonder how /etc/host.conf differs from /etc/nsswitch.conf. I have both files,
and they both seem to set the search order...

TTFN

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