[Gllug] Resolving question

[Andrew Halliwell]

And verily, didst Jan Minar announce to the hordes:
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> On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 03:58:10PM +0000, Jack Bertram wrote:
> > * Jan Minar <jjminar at FastMail.FM> [041130 15:50]:
> > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 03:15:22PM +0000, Jack Bertram wrote:
> > > > Do _all_ (normal) programs use the resolving order defined in
> > > > resolv.conf?  I anticipate some DNS difficulties over the next few da=
> ys
> > > > and want to know whether I can add /etc/hosts entries to overcome the=
> se
> > > > for one particular server.
> > >=20
> > > Shor answer: yes.
> > >=20
> > > It's host.conf, not resolv.conf
> >=20
> > Oh yes.  What's the relationship between nsswitch.conf and host.conf?
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> Hmm, I thought they went in sequence, but it apparently isn't the case.
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> In "Pine.LNX.4.44.0204100953400.3084-100000 at localhost.localdomain",
> Werner Puschitz writes:
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> > GNU C Library 2.x uses /etc/nsswitch.conf and older versions use
> > /etc/hosts.conf.
> > I don't know if any software included in RH uses the older version at=20
> > all.=20
> 
> So I was probably wrong, and /etc/hosts.conf is not used at all, on
> modern systems?  (Anybody stating manpages are the definitive source of
> documentation should be shot on the spot.)
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> BTW:
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> nsswitch.conf(5):
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> | Within each process that uses nsswitch.conf, the entire file is read
> | only once; if the file is later changed, the process will continue using
> | the old configura=AD tion.
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> Cheers,
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