> You can do this on all Unices and Linux distros. Whether your host
> table or dns is looked at for resolution is specified in
> /etc/host.conf. It could be one, or the other, or both in various
> orders.
hey, i didn't know that. well then what about nsswitch.conf? that has
this line, which i
You can do this on all Unices and Linux distros. Whether your host table or dns is
looked at for resolution is specified in /etc/host.conf. It could be one, or the
other, or both in various orders.
Example: order hosts, bind
This will look to your hosts file first, then to DNS.
On Sat, 3 Jun 2
Subba Rao wrote:
>
> One problem I have noticed is the slow startup of Apache at boot up time on my Linux.
> It is trying to resolve the DNS name for this web server. The domainname on my
> local LAN is a bogus domain. I do have the WWW server mentioned in the DNS table
>
> www A
The only thing I can see wrong is that you neglected to tell the
nameserver which sort of network this record is a part of. The only one
that really matters these days is IN, which stands for Internet, which is
appropriate in this case. Your record should look like this:
www IN A 1
One problem I have noticed is the slow startup of Apache at boot up time on my Linux.
It is trying to resolve the DNS name for this web server. The domainname on my
local LAN is a bogus domain. I do have the WWW server mentioned in the DNS table
www A 10.5.28.11
What entries a
