Michael Cameron wrote: > A windoze question if you can bear with me (sorry). > Is there a windows equivalent of /etc/nsswitch.conf? How do I ensure > that a hosts file is used before DNS?
By default, Windows checks in order: self, %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts [1], dns, netbios You can change this priority order in the Registry as per the instructions in Knowledge Base article Q139270 - see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q139270 for more information. Q172218 is also a good primer on the basics of this functonality and the vanilla state. [1] note that this is a winnt/2k/xp path - the path to hosts on win9x platform (95,98,Me) is %systemroot%\hosts (e.g. C:\WINDOWS\hosts) Sorry for the 'doze intrusion, but this *is* handy stuff to know in a mixed environment - e.g. web development on a doze box, with an Apache server on a Linux box, and you can bung entries in the hosts file to test virtual hosts ... In the interim, however, /me hides his MCSE :) -- _ __/| ___ ___ __ _________ "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned \`O_o' / _ \/ -_) // / __/ _ \ for Sega." -- Brodie, 'Mallrats' =(_ _)=/_//_/\__/\_,_/_/ \___/ @ well.com :: William Anderson U - Ack! Phttpt! Thhbbt! http://neuro.me.uk/ _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
