Re: Why isn't /etc/nsswitch.conf setup honored by RH 8.0?

From: Jim Carter (jim.carter_at_swbell.net)
Date: 09/04/03 

Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 18:33:01 GMT

Do you mean to say that nslookup, dig, and host do not honor name resolution
protocol? Why would they go directly to the nameserver instead of honoring
nsswitch? How could they possibly work on a system that used only the
/etc/hosts file and had no nameserver or nis? I'm more confused now than
before.... 

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Jim Carter
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"Bit Twister" <BitTwister@localhost.localdomain> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 04:53:59 GMT, Jim Carter wrote:
> >
> > I still think the important point is that no matter what the
> > /etc/nsswitch.conf file says, the resolver is ignoring /etc/hosts and
going
> > immediately to the /etc/resolv.conf file for dns server access.
>
> Frap, my fault, sorry. Should have looked at   man hosts.
>
> If you ping -c 1 arroglx01 you will see it resolves like you want.
>
> host and dig go straight to the name server to get the name.
> The -v shows the expansion of arroglx01 when hitting the first name server
> which is up.
>

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