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From: KSpagnol@massey.ac.nz (Ken Spagnolo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.pyramid
Subject: Does OSx5.0 have anything like the Ultrix /etc/svcorder file?
Message-ID: <847@massey.ac.nz>
Date: 12 Jul 90 06:03:32 GMT
Reply-To: K.Spagnolo@massey.ac.nz (Ken Spagnolo)
Organization: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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I'm bringing up nameservers around the place and discovered the
/etc/svcorder file on a DECstation 3100.  In it you can list
the order in which you want host name resolving methods to be
tried.  If I have in it "bind" followed by "local", sendmail, etc.
will first consult named and, if that fails, look in /etc/hosts.
This seems like nice flexability that most systems don't have.
The Pryamid named man page says its "either or" based on the
existence of /etc/nameserver.  Is that the final word, or is there
some other way of doing it?  Thanx.

-- 
Ken Spagnolo - Systems Programmer, Postmaster, Usenet Administrator, etc.
   Computer Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
K.Spagnolo@massey.ac.nz  Phone: +64-63-69099 x8587  New Zealand = GMT+12