On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 11:40:44PM -0700, Kaw Ay wrote:
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> i then editted /etc/nsswitch.conf and modified the following line:
> hosts: files
> to this:
> hosts: files dns
>
> after this i could browse to google.com in firefox and resolve it via a host
> lookup
>
>
> what i dont understand is:
> why should i have to modify the /etc/nsswittch.conf file?
In fact, you shouldn't have to necessarily modify the file, the
best practice in this case would be:
. make a copy of your /etc/nsswitch.conf to some safe place
. copy the /etc/nsswitch.dns over current /etc/nsswitch.conf
It is one of the steps for enabling "services" to use DNS.
More in nsswitch.conf(4) and others.
/j.
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