Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 06:24:40 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> Cc: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Request for review: nsswitch Message-ID: <39B17018.7F5B283C@newsguy.com> References: <20000831130504.A26641@hamlet.nectar.com> <200009010047.RAA43862@vashon.polstra.com> <20000901163728.C19985@hamlet.nectar.com> <20000903.000259.104074195.ume@FreeBSD.org> <20000902115449.A704@hamlet.nectar.com>
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"Jacques A. Vidrine" wrote: > > > It should be unified. Recently, FreeBSD's default behavior is lookup > > /etc/hosts first by /etc/host.conf. > > Not exactly: FreeBSD's default behavior is BIND, then /etc/hosts. It > just so happens that we install an /etc/host.conf file that gives > behavior different than the hard-coded defaults. We could install an > initial /etc/nsswitch.conf with contents `hosts: files dns' for the same > reasons (whatever those were). Which would justify use of /etc/defaults. :-) -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@white.bunnies.bsdconspiracy.net OK, so the solar flares are my fault.. I am sorry, ok?!?! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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