08-23-2004
Quote:
Originally posted by Perderabo
If you want /etc/hosts to work, you may need to modify the "hosts" line in /etc/nsswitch.conf. What to put depends on your setup. But maybe "files dns" would be right for you.
I'm guessing I want /etc/hosts to work as we dont have a DNS server. I'm in a windows workgroup not a domain.
All I really want to do is get into the desktop enviroment...
I'll check out /etc/nsswitch.conf
cheers
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
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RESOLV.CONF(5) File Formats Manual RESOLV.CONF(5)
NAME
resolv.conf - Domain Name System resolver configuration
SYNOPSIS
/etc/resolv.conf
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/resolv.conf is used to configure how the host will use the Domain Name System to resolve hostnames to IP addresses. It may con-
tain these two lines:
nameserver IP-address
domain domain-name
The nameserver entry tells the IP address of the host to use for DNS queries. If it is set to 127.0.0.1 (which is the default) then the
local name daemon is used that may use the /etc/hosts database to translate host names. You normally only need a nameserver entry if the
name server is at the other side of a router. The default nonamed name server can't look beyond the local network.
The domain entry tells the default domain to use for unqualified hostnames. This entry is usually not given in which case the domain of
the local host is used.
The long version of this story can be found in resolver(5).
FILES
/etc/resolv.conf DNS resolver configuration file.
SEE ALSO
resolver(5), hosts(5), nonamed(8), boot(8).
AUTHOR
Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
RESOLV.CONF(5)