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Date:      Fri, 22 Jun 2001 15:24:13 +0300
From:      Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        jeff@greencafe.com
Subject:   Re: Changing the DNS Server
Message-ID:  <20010622152413.P38967@everest.wananchi.com>
In-Reply-To: <B757F052.6ACB%jeff@greencafe.com>; from "Jeff Taylor" on Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 06:41:23PM -0700
References:  <B757F052.6ACB%jeff@greencafe.com>

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* Jeff Taylor <jeff@greencafe.com> [20010622 14:48]: writing on the subject=
 'Changing the DNS Server'
Jeff> Can anyone tell me which file holds the DNS server location for defau=
lt
Jeff> lookups?

DISCLAIMER: This is my own opinion!

Lookups are done in a sequence determined by the parameters in
/etc/host.conf

So it matters which one you have first among hosts, bind, nis.
The _default_ would be the one that is listed first, though I stand
corrected.



-Wash

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Out of my mind... be back in 5 minutes.=20
(contributed by Frank v Waveren)=20

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