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@cindex default value, and NSS
For the @code{hosts} and @code{networks} databases the default value is
-@code{dns [!UNAVAIL=return] files}. I.e., the system is prepared for
-the DNS service not to be available but if it is available the answer it
-returns is definitive.
+@code{files dns}. I.e., local configuration will override the contents
+of the domain name system (DNS).
The @code{passwd}, @code{group}, and @code{shadow} databases was
traditionally handled in a special way. The appropriate files in the