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From: geecee@netquarters.net (Gary Chambers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Name resolution in BSDI question References: <5or6fb$bsh@uwm.edu> Message-ID: <slrn5r2vjb.7.geecee@burbot.netquarters.net> X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) NNTP-Posting-Host: burbot.netquarters.net Date: 25 Jun 97 20:23:40 GMT Lines: 21 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newshost.cybertours.com!geecee Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:7049 >When I do name resolution, I would like the system to read the hosts >file first and then go to the dns (instead of dns - resolv.conf). How >can I achieve this?? >In the newer operating systems, you can specify this in nsswitch.conf or >similar. But in BSDI 1.0 how can I do that??? I ran-across the same problem when I was first setting-up 3.0. I had to change the order in /etc/irs.conf -- here's what I did: hosts local continue hosts dns -- GeeCee/NQ //------------------------------------------ // Gary Chambers <geecee@netquarters.net> // NetQuarters, Inc., Brunswick, ME 04011 // 207-798-8400 (Voice) 207-798-8403 (Fax) // Midcoast Maine's Internet Provider //------------------------------------------