On 22 Apr 1999, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > Ofcourse. You misread the docs; it says _not_ to change the hosts: line. > The exact wording is: > > 2.4 HOSTS: > > Normally you should not do host lookups through NIS, use DNS for that. > If you really must use NIS for it, here's how to do it. > > Mike. You are right. Thanks! --prashanth