On Sep 1, 2012, at 3:53 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:

> It turns out that this is configurable.  
> 
>  man host.conf

This is interesting. man host conf says:

>        order  This keyword specifies how host lookups are to be performed.  
> It should be followed by one or more lookup methods, separated by commas.  
> Valid methods are  bind,  hosts,  and
>               nis.

If I set the order to hosts dns nis with Webmin, the /etc/host.conf doesn't 
change; /etc/nsswitch.conf does:

> hosts:        files dns nis

There seems to be more than one way to set this order...

-- 
Glenn English




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