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Modify the order in which name resolution is done

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Modify the order in which name resolution is done

- The name service switch, or nsswitch files used by applications to determine sources, to get name service information from. This isn't just for domain name resolution order, but rather for multiple categories. Each category of information, is identified by a database name. The first column of the file is the database name. The remaining columns specify the order, in which to look up the data. The following databases are understood. aliases for mail aliases, ethers for Ethernet numbers, group for groups of users, posts for host names and numbers, initgroups, for supplementary group lists, netgroup for network groups, networks for network names and numbers, password for passwords, protocols for network protocols, publickey, for secretkeys, used by NFS, and NIS plus, rpc for remote procedure call numbers, services for network services, and lastly shadow, for shadow passwords. For this course, were mainly interested in the…

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