Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 19:59:59 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc <FreeBSD@keyslapper.org> To: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: resolv.conf - hosts Message-ID: <20041119005959.GA11213@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <20041118142149.O41912@bsd.billschoolcraft.com> References: <47f8d9310411181243ef6862d@mail.gmail.com> <47f8d931041118140915504817@mail.gmail.com> <20041118142149.O41912@bsd.billschoolcraft.com>
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On 11/18/04 02:23 PM, Bill Schoolcraft sat at the `puter and typed:
> At Thu, 18 Nov 2004 it looks like Brian Henning composed:
>
> > I am running FBSD 4.10, does the /etc/nsswitch.conf file work on
> > freebsd 4.10 or is it just for 5.X?
>
> That's a good question for I don't see it on my 4.10, but it's a
> very old, or very "inherent" file in all the Unix based systems
> I've seen. It comes from Solaris operating systems by origin.
According to /usr/src/UPDATING it was imported from NetBSD in
September of 2000:
20000906:
nsswitch has been imported from NetBSD. Among other things,
this means that /etc/host.conf is no longer used. See
nsswitch.conf(5) instead. Note that at boot time rc.network
will attempt to produce a new nsswitch.conf file for you if
you don't have one, and you have host.conf.
Why it never showed up in 4.10 I couldn't say, but
I have two 4.10 boxes with nary a hint of nsswitch.conf except in the
linux compat directories. Only my 5.3 box has it in /etc/.
Lou
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