[Triumf-linux-managers] SL5 authconfig nis/dns misconfiguration

[Konstantin Olchanski]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 11:17:49AM -0800, Konstantin Olchanski wrote:
> On our SL5 machines I was seeing problems with DNS ...
> It turns out that "authconfig --enablenis ..." changes /etc/nsswitch.conf ...
> sed 's/^hosts:.*/hosts: files dns/' -i /etc/nsswitch.conf
> Filed Red Hat bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472565


I guess I forgot to say that only machines configured to use NIS
would have this problem. They would usually be part of some Linux cluster.

Standalone machines should not have the problem. I believe the TRIUMF kickstart
install leave the nsswitch settings at the correct default "hosts: files dns".


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