--- otp_src_R9B-1.orig/lib/kernel/src/inet_config.erl	2002-10-09 16:39:22.000000000 +0200
+++ otp_src_R9B-1/lib/kernel/src/inet_config.erl	2003-06-15 01:42:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -82,8 +82,13 @@
 		'bsd/os' ->
 		    load_resolv(filename:join(Etc,"irs.conf"), host_conf_bsdos);
 		linux ->
-		    load_resolv(filename:join(Etc,"host.conf"),host_conf_linux),
-
+		    case load_resolv(filename:join(Etc,"host.conf"),host_conf_linux) of
+			ok ->
+			    ok;
+			_Other ->
+			    load_resolv(filename:join(Etc,"nsswitch.conf"), nsswitch_conf)
+		    end,
+		    
 		    % It may be the case that the domain name was not set
 		    % because the hostname was short. But we can now look it
 		    % up and get the long name and the domain name from it.
@@ -296,10 +301,12 @@
 	    case apply(inet_parse, Func, [File,{chars,Bin}]) of
 		{ok, Ls} -> inet_db:add_rc_list(Ls);
 		{error, Reason} ->
-		    error("parse error in file ~s: ~p", [File, Reason])
+		    error("parse error in file ~s: ~p", [File, Reason]),
+		    {error, Reason}
 	    end;
 	Error ->
-	    warning("file not found ~s~n", [File])
+	    warning("file not found ~s~n", [File]),
+	    Error
     end.
 
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