Name resolution

[Shivkumar]

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

[Robert-Jan Goossens · Accepted solution]

Hi,

# cat /etc/nsswitch.conf

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

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Muthukumar_5]

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.

[Victor Fridyev]

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