[techtalk] localhost, etc.

[Samantha Jo Moore]

> >order hosts, bind
> >means search /etc/hosts first to resolve host names, then search dns. 
> >Name servers are configured in /etc/resolv.conf, if you don't have anything set up for a dns server, you can remove bind 
> from host.conf.
> 
> Then what is /etc/nsswitch.conf for?
> 
> Jeff's strace seems to indicate that file is used for this purpose, not the
> /etc/host.conf...

Seems to be a similar configuratino file, except that this one configures the
search order for all the name services.  In my experience with DNS, modifying
the /etc/resolv.conf does affect the way host names are looked up.  I never
tinker with /etc/nsswitch.conf.

Anybody has different experiences?

Samantha Jo Moore
CTO - The Tahoe Group, Inc.
http://www.thetahoegroup.com
sjmoore at thetahoegroup.com

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