[ts-7000] Does tslinux use /etc/host.conf?

["naturalwatt" <>]

I had a problem on a TS7250, that couldn't even resolve localhost until 
/etc/resolv.conf 
was altered to set the nameserver line to point to something real.

My router is on 192.168.0.1, so the resolv.conf reads
--
search ts-local.net
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver 192.168.0.1
--

The intention is that it tries /etc/hosts first, so that localhost can always 
be resolved, then 
tries the Big Bad World for everything else.

However, it doesn't do what I expect.  I have an entry in /etc/hosts, which is 
not picked 
up.  I know that a named is not running, but there is no complaint about this.  
I think the 
nameserver 127.0.01 line is not valid, as there is no nameserver running on my 
system.

The man pages for Linux in general talk about a /etc/host.conf file which can 
be set to 
search /etc/hosts first, then use BIND.  There is no /etc/host.conf supplied 
with TS-Linux, 
and creating one doesn't seem to give the results I expect - ie, looking up in 
/etc/hosts 
first.

Although it sort of works, allowing the router to be used as a nameserver, I 
would prefer 
that the system can still resolve localhost even if the router were to fail or 
be 
disconnected.

Also, although a resolv.conf containing only nameserver 127.0.0.1 works, to my 
surprise, 
for resolving names in /etc/hosts, when there are two nameserver lines, it does 
*not* 
seem to go onto the second one if the first one fails.

Any explanation or comments?

I am used to Solaris and HP-UX, which are controlled by nsswitch.conf files, 
which seems 
to be what host.conf is claiming to do.

Martin



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