On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 02:47:14PM +0200, Stephane Durieux wrote: > I have noticed that my clients are not declared in > /etc/hosts if I put them in /etc/hosts (and in nis > table to be useful) everything is find. > > Nevertheless I don t understand how the nfs can make a > resolution via dns of a a client whith a private > address > Perhaps does the server reply it it s impossible and > everything is fine to log it >
/etc/nsswitch.conf (name service switch conf) has the line: hosts: files dns This means that when the resolver tries to find a host it will first look in the files on the system (e.g. /etc/hosts) before doing a dns search. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
