What is /etc/host.conf

[linuxguy at ici.net]

I thought that was the job of /etc/nsswitch.conf

me wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jun 2001 linuxguy at ici.net wrote:
> 
> >
> > On RedHat 6.x & 7.x there's this /etc/host.conf file....
> >
> > What uses it?
> 
> Programs that access DNS information.  One example is nslookup.  The
> /etc/hosts.conf specifies the database search order.  A common file is:
> 
>     order hosts,bind
> 
> IIRC, this tells nslookup (or, more specifically, gethostbyname()) to
> search your local database followed by an actual DNS server.  The local
> database is stored in /etc/hosts.
> 
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