Carlos Henriques dos Santos wrote:
> host.conf is obsolete, i think it was used by old libc5.
> You must edit /etc/nsswitch.conf:
>
> hosts: files dns
1. When was this change made? Is it documented anywhere? (I
could find no references on the Web).
2. There must be some truth in Carlos's remarks, because renaming
nsswitch.conf to something else makes it impossible to telnet
to a machine on my local net at all.
3. But it is not the whole truth, because (as I said) I have an
/etc/nsswitch.conf file on my machine, and it says
hosts: files dns
and still local lookups do not work (i.e. outside name servers
are consulted first).
So I am still hoping for a lecture from somebody on "local address
lookup on a modern Linux system".
Regards, Jan
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