/etc/nsswitch.conf file entries

[Howard Mann <howardm@xmission.com>]

Hi,

I use DSL with Slink and kernel 2.2.12. My ISP recently _made_ users change the configuration of the Cisco DSL router from " bridging" to "PPP" mode.

After this was done, I was unable to connect/use the ISP's DNS servers. This was corrected by changing the the following line in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file :


netgroup   :    db files         to

netgroup   :    nis



( It took them a _long_ time to figure this out )

Can someone explain what this was all about :-) ?

What are the " db files "  ? I haven't been able to determine all this from the man page.

I'd appreciate any clarification in case I discover something else newly broken on my system.

Thanks,

Howard Mann.