On Sun, Jan 16, 2000 at 05:57:38PM -0000, Alan Sobey mentioned:
> Hi all,
> are the following lines equivalent? If so, which takes precedence? If not,
> what's the difference? Maybe I'm just missing something obvious.
>> In /etc/host.conf:
> order hosts bind
I'm not sure. Both are read by libc. However, I think /etc/host.conf is
somewhat depreciated. Just use /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/nsswitch.conf -
libnss is a more recent addition to how to specify where to get
information.
Kate
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