Re: IRIX refusing to do dns lookups

From: Josh Birnbaum (engineer_at_noorg.org)
Date: 08/19/05

  • Next message: S.Chang: "Re: IRIX refusing to do dns lookups" 
    Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 21:48:22 GMT

    "S.Chang" wrote:

    Hi S,

    > >>nsswitch.conf
    > >>hosts: files dns [NOTFOUND=return]
    > >
    > >
    > > Isn't the sequence "files [notfound=return] dns" ?
    > >
    > Correct me if I am wrong, but if you put [NOTFOUND=return] after files,
    > the machine would not try to resolve using DNS servers at all.

    As far as I can tell via nsswitch.conf(4), no. I might be wrong though
    as the man page isn't conclusive in it's description of the notfound
    state.

    > > And did this end up working for you?

    I tried your "files dns [NOTFOUND=return]" sequence and nothing
    changed. nsd continues to discontinue resolving any hostnames
    via the DNS.

    > I only started using Irix since 6.5.16 but so far so good, haven't
    > encounter this particular problem(fingers crossed).

    6.5.16m or f??

    > Regards
    > S.Chang

    Yours,

    Josh.

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