What is /etc/host.conf

[rir at mediaone.net (R. Ransbottom)]

On Tue, 19 Jun 2001 linuxguy at ici.net wrote:

> I thought that was the job of /etc/nsswitch.conf


Nsswitch.conf configures the library functions themselves.

Host.conf configures the order in which the services are used
to resolve hostnames.

There is no precedence.  Nsswitch.conf covers more than host.conf.




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