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Re: Nslookup and Nsswitch.conf

 
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f. halili
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Nslookup and Nsswitch.conf

Hello everyone,

At one machone, when root user does nslookup, it uses the /etc/hosts first. When oracle user runs an nslookup it check the dns first. Any thoughts why both are behaving differently.

I have this on my nsswitch.conf
# cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
hosts: files [NOTFOUND=continue UNAVAIL=continue] dns

Thanks,
Derek
derekh
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Matti_Kurkela
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Re: Nslookup and Nsswitch.conf

Check the permissions of your /etc/nsswitch.conf file.

If the oracle user cannot read /etc/nsswitch.conf, the nslookup falls back to factory defaults (checking the DNS first).

MK
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f. halili
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Re: Nslookup and Nsswitch.conf

THANKS
derekh
f. halili
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Re: Nslookup and Nsswitch.conf

changing the permissions on nsswitch.conf did the trick. THANKS.
derekh