> > I'm not as adept at HP/UX before 10.20 (my first experience with the OS), > > but I understand 8.0 "fails over" to /etc/hosts if it has some issues with > > DNS. Fine, but how can I get it to switch *back*? There's no > > /etc/nsswitch.conf and I don't think this version supports it anyway. > > From https://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/networking_2ndEd/dns/ch06_04.htm > > Before HP-UX 10.10, you could only use nsswitch.conf to configure the > order of resolution for the hosts source. From 10.10 on, you can also > use nsswitch.conf to configure resolution order for the services, > networks, protocols, rpc, and netgroup sources. hosts: dns > [NOTFOUND=return] nis [NOTFOUND=return] files"
Appreciated, but from the same resource, "HP-UX 10.00 introduced Solaris's nsswitch.conf functionality" so this won't apply to HP/UX 8. -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com -- A Freudian slip is when you say one thing, but mean your mother. -----------