I stand corrected. (I am more than happy to learn from my mistakes)

But at the risk of labourong the point.

In what way would situation 3

>- Reslvcnf and DNS does not respond - "Host is used".

happen/occur. If Reslvcnf was there would it not respond in some form or
other even if DNS does not. I presume there is some embedded network
validation going somewhere.

On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 10:05:18 -0400, HOFMEISTER,JAMES (HP-USA,ex1)
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Hello 3000-l, et all,
>
>>> In summary the existence of RESLVCNF disables lookup by HOST.
>
>No, not true...
>
>Here is the default operation with out NSSSWITCH:
>
>- No Reslvcnf - "Host is used"
>- Reslvcnf and DNS responds with a positive result - "Host is not used".
>- Reslvcnf and DNS responds with a negative result - "Host is not used".
>- Reslvcnf and DNS does not respond - "Host is used".
>
>>> NSSWITCH may resolve this but currently going down path of adding the
>>> entries in HOST to the DNS server held on PC out on network
>>> which should address immediate needs.
>>> Currently looking DNSCHECK file and will experiment with NSSWITCH.
>
>in the case of:
>
>- Reslvcnf and DNS responds with a negative result - "Host is not used".
>
>NSSWITCH can be configured to change this behavior.
>
>Regards,
>
>James Hofmeister
>Hewlett Packard
>Worldwide Technology Network Expert Center
>P.S. My Ideals are my own, not necessarily my employers.
>
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