On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 23:09 +1100, Simon Slater wrote: > /usr/share/doc/yp-tools-2.9/nsswitch.conf has the line > hosts: nis files dns If you don't use nis, then it shouldn't be in there. If you do use nis, but it doesn't provide answers for these queries, then you don't want it listed first. That line lists the order of what protocols to try to resolve a name. It'll try the first, and wait for it to answer, or time out, before trying the next. -- (This computer runs FC7, my others run FC4, FC5 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
