[ale] nsswitch and db option

[Chesser.Damon]

I am trying to research the db option in nsswitch (as in: hosts:  db
files  dns ).  We figure if a Linux client can use the dns cache for
lookups, that would be faster then files or dns.  However, I can't find
anybody who has ever used that option and google is slim pickens
researching it.

 

How do you access the (Linux) client dns cache info? Would "hosts:  db
files dns" cause the first check to be performed on the dns cache?

 

If NOT what does "db" cause to happen?

 

Thanks!

 

Damon.chesser at suntrust.com 
  
  
  
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