Re: nsswitch.conf & host.conf
On Fri, Jul 17, 1998 at 01:13:05PM -0400, Lewis, James M. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The discussion on named brought up a question or two. I went looking for
> documentation on nsswitch.conf and couldn't find any (in man, anyway). But,
> I did find host.conf. Looks like host.conf and nsswitch.conf have very similar
> functions. What's the difference? When do you use one and not the other, etc.??
For documentation use something like:
info libc6 -> network -> NSS
(I can't look it up properly since it's not installed on this box ATM).
Adrian
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