> >order hosts, bind
> >means search /etc/hosts first to resolve host names, then search dns.
> >Name servers are configured in /etc/resolv.conf, if you don't have anything set up
>for a dns server, you can remove bind
> from host.conf.
>
> Then what is /etc/nsswitch.conf for?
>
> Jeff's strace seems to indicate that file is used for this purpose, not the
> /etc/host.conf...
Seems to be a similar configuratino file, except that this one configures the
search order for all the name services. In my experience with DNS, modifying
the /etc/resolv.conf does affect the way host names are looked up. I never
tinker with /etc/nsswitch.conf.
Anybody has different experiences?
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