Re: Debian Install
I hadn't noticed that overlap. /etc/host.conf might even be
redundant and unused. Something else that seems unused is
/etc/networks, which seems to be replaced by /etc/networking/interfaces.
Ymir wrote:
>
> On that note, what's the difference between /etc/nsswitch.conf's host
> section and /etc/host.conf's order section? Both of them seem to do the
> same...
> On Sat, 2002-08-24 at 01:27, Russell wrote:
> > "Bodnyk, Bruce W" wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've just installed Debian 2.2 r7 on a machine. I can ping to other machines
> > > if
> > > I use their IP address but not by name. As far as I know I have my dns name
> > > servers set up correctly. Any ideas of what I need to look for?
> >
> > Check: /etc/hosts, /etc/host.conf, /etc/hostname, /etc/networks, /etc/resolve.conf,
> > /etc/nsswitch.conf.
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