Simonsen, Larry writes:
>
> I'm told by our Unix system admin that there is in SunOS a file
> /etc/nsswitch.conf which configures the order for name lookups.  I can not
> seem to find this file on my MPE/ix 6.0 system.  Does it go by a different
> name?

IIRC, the BIND/iX equivalent is /etc/irs.conf.  I believe the syntax and
functionality is the same as nsswitch.conf.

Note that programs *MUST* be using the resolver routines in BIND/iX libbind.a
to be aware of irs.conf.  And right now on 6.0, I believe that only programs
within the BIND account are using these routines.  So pre-BIND things like
FTP.ARPA.SYS will NOT be aware of irs.conf.
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