[H-GEN] Stopping nameserver lookup for local subnet
Tue Feb 13 22:52:54 EST 2001
Matthew,
> from /etc/host.conf (192.168.105.128)
> order hosts,bind
> multi off
>
> I thought that this should prevent nameserver lookups of hosts present
> in /etc/hosts
You need to edit /etc/nsswitch.conf to alter the recent C library
resolver behaviour. For more information, read the fine manual:
http://www.gnu.org/manual/glibc/html_node/libc_435.html
Yours sincerely,
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