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cool viksy cool_viks77 at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 12 05:02:51 UTC 2003


--- Doug Barton <DougB at DougBarton.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, DM wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am configuring dns on solaris 8. Bind 8.2.2 is
> installed and mostly works.
> 
> That version has a lot of holes. You'd be a lot
> better off with 8.3.4.
> 
> > However, nsswitch.conf is configured to switch
> from dns to files if
> > unavailable but this fails to happen. This means
> that i'll have to
> > maintain only dns rather than a local host map as
> well which is not
> > really acceptable since only certain nodes should
> be visible via the
> > dns, the rest locally to the specific node.
> 
> You might want to try 'hosts: files dns' in
> nsswitch.conf and see if that
> does what you expect.
> 
> Doug
> 
> -- 
> 
>     "The last time France wanted more evidence, it
> rolled right
>         through Paris with a German flag." - David
> Letterman
> 


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