Information about /etc/host.conf

[Xan]

En/na Sam Morris ha escrit:
> On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:01:21 +0100, Xan wrote:
>> I searched information (and I not found) about the structure of 
>> /etc/host.conf, /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf
>>
>> I know that the structure of host.conf determines the order in which 
>> system resolves the domain names, and /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf 
>> are the configurations about the hosts file and the dns resolvers.
> 
> N.B., I *think* that host.conf is only used by really old code (libc5?).
> The GNU C Library (glibc, libc6) uses /etc/nsswitch.conf for this purpose.
> 
> See the glibc manual for more information:
> <ttp://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Name-Service-Switch.html#Name-Service-Switch>.
> This can also be accessed by running 'info libc', accessing 'info:(libc)'
> in Yelp, or through the info2www program.
> 
> In general I would try to use real manuals, such as the glibc manual,
> rather than individual man pages. The man pages often contain out-of-date
> and/or misleading information, and they are designed more for
> quick-reference rather than for gaining an idea of how a whole
> program/system functions.
> 

thank you very much for your apointed references

Regards,
Xan.