Bug 169831 - "getent hosts" doesn't use /etc/hosts for reverse lookup anymore
Summary: "getent hosts" doesn't use /etc/hosts for reverse lookup anymore
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: glibc
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Jakub Jelinek
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks: 168429
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-10-04 09:34 UTC by Bastien Nocera
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: RHBA-2006-0124
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2006-03-07 18:23:05 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2006:0124 0 qe-ready SHIPPED_LIVE glibc bug fix update 2006-03-06 05:00:00 UTC

Description Bastien Nocera 2005-10-04 09:34:59 UTC 
On a RHEL3 system:
# grep test /etc/hosts
1.1.1.1         test
# grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf
hosts:      files dns
# /etc/init.d/nscd status
nscd is stopped
# getent hosts 1.1.1.1
1.1.1.1         test

On a RHEL 4 system:
# grep test /etc/hosts
1.1.1.1         test
# grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf
hosts:      files dns
# /etc/init.d/nscd status
nscd is stopped
# getent hosts 1.1.1.1
#
Comment 1 Jakub Jelinek 2005-10-08 15:03:18 UTC 
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-hacker/2005-10/msg00002.html
Comment 7 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-03-07 18:23:05 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2006-0124.html
Comment 8 Issue Tracker 2007-07-06 17:22:06 UTC 
CRM closed, closing accordingly

Internal Status set to 'Resolved'
Status set to: Closed by Tech
Resolution set to: 'Auto Closed'

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