Re: having problems using 'gethostbyname'

[Matthias Scheler <tron%zhadum.org.uk@localhost>]

On 12 Dec 2008, at 19:25, David Dudley wrote:
> I have a C++ program that I'm trying to get running.

Could you please tell us what program that is?

> It uses the 'gethostbyname' function call,

If it is your own program you would be much better of to use
getaddrinfo(3) instead.

> and when I try to load it, I get
>
> 'Shared object "nss_dns.so.0" not found'

What does your "/etc/nsswitch.conf" look like?

> Where is this located, and how do I make sure it's available?

It is part of "libc" and should therefore be available.

        Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                           http://zhadum.org.uk/