Unwanted resolver usage of /etc/host.conf

Matus UHLAR - fantomas uhlar at fantomas.sk
Mon Feb 25 07:27:24 UTC 2013


>On Feb 22, 2013, at 10:28 PM, Andris Kalnozols <andris at hpl.hp.com> wrote:
>> I stumbled upon the /etc/host.conf file and had to add the following
>> line to get name resolution working again:
>>
>>  order  hosts,bind

On 23.02.13 16:07, Bryan Harris wrote:
>I thought Linux should have that line by default.  Do you think someone has
> removed that line in the past?  Perhaps you always had a problem but it
> was hidden from you until the latest NTP arrived.  Or maybe the new NTP is
> just doing something wrong.

the host.conf is not used since glibc2, which uses nsswitch.conf. I think you
can safely remove and/or ignore that file.

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