[plug] Couple of strange ones..
Kim Covil
kimc at ned.dem.csiro.au
Mon Aug 30 11:50:21 WST 1999
> > Is there any way to tell named to query the local hosts file as well?
> > I can't seem to locate it in the docs.. tho I have been known to be
> > blind at times..
>
> I would like to know this too. :) For memory, OpenBSD (probably other
> BSDs) includes a directive in /etc/resolv.conf to allow you to tell the
> resolver to look in the /etc/hosts file before attempting to query a
> nameserver - I haven't been able to find any Linux equivalent... (sorry,
> I know this doesn't help. ;-)
/etc/nsswitch.conf:
#
# /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# An example Name Service Switch config file. This file should be
# sorted with the most-used services at the beginning.
#
# The entry '[NOTFOUND=return]' means that the search for an
# entry should stop if the search in the previous entry turned
# up nothing. Note that if the search failed due to some other reason
# (like no NIS server responding) then the search continues with the
# next entry.
#
# Legal entries are:
#
# nisplus or nis+ Use NIS+ (NIS version 3)
# nis or yp Use NIS (NIS version 2), also called YP
# dns Use DNS (Domain Name Service)
# files Use the local files
# db Use the local database (.db) files
# compat Use NIS on compat mode
# [NOTFOUND=return] Stop searching if not found so far
#
# To use db, put the "db" in front of "files" for entries you want to be
# looked up first in the databases
#
# Example:
#passwd: db files nisplus nis
#shadow: db files nisplus nis
#group: db files nisplus nis
#hosts: db files nisplus nis dns
Cheers
Kim
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