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[Matthew Clark <matthewclark AT inlesserterms.net>]

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...


Quoting Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik <ruskie AT mages.ath.cx>:

> On 16:32:34 2007-07-30 Matthew Clark <matthewclark AT inlesserterms.net> wrote:
> > I have a question that Google can't seem to help me with.  I know this
> > isn't SMGL specific, but I figured "What better group to ask?":
> >
> > One of my SMGL servers appears to be ignoring the /etc/hosts file.  I
> > get errors in various things that cannot resolve 'localhost' (and,
> > yes, that line is in the hosts file).  I even placed a bogus name and
> > IP address in there as a test, and that confirmed that the file is,
> > indeed, being ignored.
> >
> > Any reason the /etc/hosts file would be ignored?
>
> Check: /etc/nsswitch.conf
>
> hosts:      files nisplus nis dns
>
> Should have files in it... if not I'd guess tha might be it...
>
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