topic Name resolution in Operating System - HP-UX

Name resolution

Shivkumar — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 03:18:00 GMT

Hi folks,

How to determine that hpux 11/11i has been configured for nis ? i mean what are the files which determines the name resolution ?

Thanks,
Shiv

Re: Name resolution

Robert-Jan Goossens — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 03:21:03 GMT

Hi,

# cat /etc/nsswitch.conf

# ypcat hosts
ypcat: the NIS domain name hasn't been set on this machine

Regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: Name resolution

Muthukumar_5 — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 03:21:44 GMT

Hostname resolvation is done based on,

/etc/nsswitch.conf files hosts: entry.

If it is going to be with NIS then hosts: entry will be with NIS.

hth.

Re: Name resolution

Victor Fridyev — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 04:37:42 GMT

Hi,

In order to check whether a computer is configured as NIS-client, look at the file called /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs. There are the following parameters in the file, which define its NIS features: NIS_CLIENT, NIS_MASTER_SERVER and NIS_SLAVE_SERVER. Also look for NISPLUS parameters.
In order to know whether the computer uses DNS for name resolution, look at /etc/resolv.conf. This file describes DNS servers.
The order of name resolution one can see in /etc/nsswitch.conf.

HTH