> From: Andrew Cartledge [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>
> Further to previous mail.
>
> Can anyone explain why the existance of a RESLVCNF file would
> cause the
> HOST file to stop being referenced.
>
> When the HOST file exists on its own I can, via NAMEADDR,
> resolve a domain
> name eg. webserver.test.com, to an IP address.
>
> This enables my NETIPC application to open and communicate with the
> application at the other end of my wet piece of string.
>
> When I introduce RESLVCNF I can now resolve www names via
> NSLOOKUP but my
> NETIPC application falls over. In addition my NAMEADDR lookup
> by name fails
> in NETTOOL. Remove RESLVECNF and NAMEADDR works again.
>
> Odd!

Odd, perhaps, but that is the way MPE has worked for a very long time. Use
of DNS overrides any host file entries. What you need is the NSSWITCH patch
(search the archives for NSSWITCH for a complete explanation).

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