Re: Broken nsswitch.conf with Fedora?
- From: Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 02:14:35 +1030
On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 16:11 +0100, Ralph.Grothe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Needless to say that neither nslookup, nor host, nor dig
care about the content of nsswitch.conf but instead straight away
seem to query the first nameserver from /etc/resolv.conf.
NB: There's also an /etc/host.conf file
There's any number of things which don't pay attention to the hosts file
(e.g. I found Squid didn't), some of which makes sense (e.g. mail
servers wanting MX records), other's not.
The host, nslookup and dig tools are meant for querying name servers
(according to the manuals), which the hosts file isn't (and it can only
provide some of the functionality that a real name server would
provide), so I'm not too put out by them not using the hosts file.
Most other things, e.g. the ping command, the X server, don't seem to
mind using the hosts file, though.
I run a small LAN, so I decided it was in my interest to run a local DNS
server, for several reasons. My hosts files only contain the loopback
addresses, and each machine's own addresses (so they can run
disconnected from the network without problems).
I don't think that you're finding anything unusual (i.e. it's not
something peculiar to your own system).
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