Re: nsswitch.conf:hosts files ldap dns

[Adam Williams <awilliam@whitemice.org>]

>>OpenLDAP is a directory server, nothing more nothing less.
>>It does not provide means to replace NIS/NIS+/AD/...
>>This functionality is provided by third party modules like nss_ldap
>>or pam_ldap that have little / nothing to do with OpenLDAP.
>well it's the basis of a replacement for those things... but you bring 
>up an excellent point. So I guess I'm getting a little off topic here, 

Yes, you should go to PADL's NSS list, or even to umich's general LDAP
list. 

>(as this pertains to nss_ldap), but my original point was that I don't 
>accept "don't use it for hosts" with no good explination, as a solution 

Nah, neither do I.  It should work just fine.

>to "it breaks everything else when you use it for hosts" despite the 
>fact the original authors say it can be used for hosts.