On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Gordon Messmer <yinyang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05/15/2012 07:11 PM, JD wrote: >> >> I have nscd running. >> /etc/resolv.conf starts out with >> nameserver 127.0.0.1 > > > If you're actually running a local caching name server (bind or dnsmasq), > you don't need nscd. Running both is overkill. You're going to waste > memory by having everything cached in two different places. > > You can't test nscd with nslookup, dig, or host. All of those are DNS > tools. They'll use the contents of resolv.conf, but they do not use the > libc host lookup functions, and therefore they will not use nscd. If you > want to test nscd, you should use "getent host". > That's excellent info. contradicts what other people have replied. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
