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@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ please let me know.
 
 [Q24]	``I have set up /etc/nis.conf, and the Linux libc 5 with NYS
 	  works great.  But the glibc NIS+ doesn't seem to work.''
+
+[Q25]	``After installing glibc name resolving doesn't work properly.''
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 [Q1]	``What systems does the GNU C Library run on?''
@@ -687,6 +690,14 @@ http://www-vt.uni-paderborn.de/~kukuk/linux/nisplus.html).
 
 
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+[Q25]	``After installing glibc name resolving doesn't work properly.''
+
+[A25] {AJ} You  probable should read the manual section describing
+``nsswitch.conf'' (just type `info libc "NSS Configuration File"').
+The NSS configuration file is usually the culprit.
+
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 Answers were given by:
 {UD} Ulrich Drepper, <drepper@cygnus.com>