From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 19 01:00:04 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C31916A4CE for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 01:00:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out014.verizon.net (out014pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1B3B43D31 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 01:00:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.org) Received: from keyslapper.org ([68.163.166.57]) by out014.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20041119010003.CASB1339.out014.verizon.net@keyslapper.org> for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 19:00:03 -0600 Received: from keyslapper.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keyslapper.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iAJ100bg011480 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 20:00:01 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.org) Received: (from leblanc@localhost) by keyslapper.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id iAJ0xxdg011479 for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 19:59:59 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from leblanc) Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 19:59:59 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20041119005959.GA11213@keyslapper.org> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <47f8d9310411181243ef6862d@mail.gmail.com> <47f8d931041118140915504817@mail.gmail.com> <20041118142149.O41912@bsd.billschoolcraft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20041118142149.O41912@bsd.billschoolcraft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out014.verizon.net from [68.163.166.57] at Thu, 18 Nov 2004 19:00:03 -0600 Subject: Re: resolv.conf - hosts X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 01:00:04 -0000 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 -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ Performance: A statement of the speed at which a computer system works. Or rather, might work under certain circumstances. Or was rumored to be working over in Jersey about a month ago.