Bypassing DNS?

[Tom Buskey]

hosts:      files [NOTFOUND=continue] dns [NOTFOUND=return]


On 2/23/06, Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Is there a way to tell the resolver libs that if you can't connect to
> the DNS service, to just abort and return? Setting /etc/nsswitch.conf to
>
>   hosts: dns [unavail=continue|return] files
>
> still seems to result in a slight hang while the lookup occurs...
>
> --
>
> Seeya,
> Paul
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