> On Mon, 09 Feb 1998 10:40:18 EST, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote: > > On Mon, 9 Feb 1998, Daniel Martin at cush wrote: > > > > > Hmm... - it appears that xemacs is attempting to do a dns lookup, and > > > that's the connection that's taking so long. If you had a bo machine, > > > I'd ask you what your /etc/host.conf said, (and make certain it had > > > the line "order hosts,bind" at the top) but I know that in hamm the > > > configuration for name lookups has changed a bit - does anyone know > > > what you need to do on a hamm box to be certain that gethostbyname() > > > doesn't produce a dns query if a given name is found in /etc/hosts? > > > > I needed to add an entry into /etc/nswitch.conf. > > What specifically did you add?
Here's my nswitch.file: passwd: files group: files shadow: files gshadow: files hosts: files dns networks: files dns protocols: files services: files rpc: files Its important to have files before dns for hosts entry. -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .