Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 11-05-2007 Installation Manual page 605

current glibc programs, refer to the settings in /etc/nsswitch.conf. A parameter
must always stand alone in its own line. Comments are preceded by a # sign.
"Parameters for /etc/host.conf"
/etc/host.conf is shown in
Table 30.6 Parameters for /etc/host.conf
order hosts, bind
multi on/off
nospoof on
spoofalert on/off
trim domainname
Example 30.8 /etc/host.conf
# We have named running
order hosts bind
# Allow multiple addrs
multi on
(page 587) shows the parameters available. A sample
Example 30.8, "
Specifies in which order the services are accessed for the name
resolution. Available arguments are (separated by blank spaces
or commas):
hosts: Searches the /etc/hosts file
bind: Accesses a name server
nis: Uses NIS
Defines if a host entered in /etc/hosts can have multiple
IP addresses.
These parameters influence the name server spoofing, but,
apart from that, do not exert any influence on the network
configuration.
The specified domain name is separated from the hostname
after hostname resolution (as long as the hostname includes
the domain name). This option is useful if only names from
the local domain are in the /etc/hosts file, but should still
be recognized with the attached domain names.
/etc/host.conf
Table 30.6,
" (page 587).
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