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  • From: "Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik" <ruskie AT mages.ath.cx>
  • To: <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] /etc/hosts being ignored?
  • Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:48:34 +0200

On 16:41:47 2007-07-30 Matthew Clark <matthewclark AT inlesserterms.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply. However, I do not have a /etc/nsswitch.conf
> file. Of the results I was able to find using Google, many
> suggestions include checking that and the /etc/hosts.conf file, which
> I do not have either. In fact, none of my SMGL servers have either of
> those files.
>
> This is definitely the most extraordinary of gotchas...
>
>
Here's an examlpe nsswitch.conf:

passwd: files nisplus nis
shadow: files nisplus nis
group: files nisplus nis
hosts: files nisplus nis dns
services: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
networks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
protocols: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
rpc: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
ethers: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
netmasks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
bootparams: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files
netgroup: nisplus
publickey: nisplus
automount: files nisplus
aliases: files nisplus


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