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Re: Hosts and ReslvCnf files
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John Burke <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 17 May 2004 09:59:56 -0700
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Paul Brooks wrote:

>
> It has always been a limitation on the HP3000 that when one places a
> 'nameserver' entry in the RESLVCNF.NET.SYS file, then the
> HOSTS.NET.SYS file
> is not searched after no-find (if the DNS server replies in
> any way). On a
> HP9000 and unix in general there is a NSSWITCH file that will
> allow the
> HOSTS file to be searched after the RESLVCNF file.
> Any new ways around this problem on the 3000?

NSSWITCH functionality has been available since at least 2002 for MPE/iX 6.0
and above. Works great. Check the Raven archives for details.

John Burke

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