>-----Original Message----- >From: Jeff Trawick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [SNIP]
>I don't have /etc/nsswitch.conf at all. > >If I create /etc/nsswitch.conf with "ipnodes: >dns[NOTFOUND=continue] files" as >the only line, it doesn't change anything; I can still find >names in /etc/hosts > and still can't find names not in /etc/hosts. Well, here's some more info. - let me know if it helps: getaddrinfo() API does not come in the base HPUX 11i. It comes as part of IPv6 patch for 11i. So if base HPUX 11i is present, then threre is no question of functionality broken as getaddrinfo is itself not available. Compilation itself fails here. If IPv6 patch is installed, then getaddrinfo() works fine as acknowledged in the FAQ. getaddrinfo support for libc was added as part of IPv6 patch in HPUX 11i. But the situation may arise that libc patch with getaddrinfo support is installed but other IPv6 related patches are not installed. In this case both the libnss_dns patch and libnss_files patch with getaddrinfo support should be installed. Otherwise getaddrinfo may appear to be broken. This is because libc uses libnss_dns and libnss_files for name resolution using dns and files respectively. libc patch with IPv6 support - PHCO_24400 libc headerfile patch with IPv6 support - PHCO_24402 libnss_files patch with IPv6 support - PHCO_24401 libnss_dns patch with IPv6 support - PHNE_24129 All these patches or their superseding patches should be installed for getaddrinfo to work on 11i. The most common error that users make is not specifying properly the ipnodes directives in /etc/nsswitch.conf and assuming that giving the hosts directive should also work for getaddrinfo. -Madhu
