resolv.conf - hosts

[Brian Henning]

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 14:06:33 -0800 (PST), Bill Schoolcraft
<bill at wiliweld.com> wrote:
> At Thu, 18 Nov 2004 it looks like Brian Henning composed:
> 
> 
> 
> > Greetings All:
> >
> > Is it possible to add a line above that name server entries in the
> > resolv.conf file that will tell the system to check the hosts file for
> > a resolution before querying the dns server(s)?
> 
> That is normally done in /etc/nsswitch.conf
> 
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I am running FBSD 4.10, does the /etc/nsswitch.conf file work on
freebsd 4.10 or is it just for 5.X?