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but shouldn't other stuff besides dig appear to be using it? this is a desktop system. I know that some of the software (like my package manager) doesn't implement its own cache.

xenoterracide
– xenoterracide

2010-08-02 20:53:55 +00:00
Commented Aug 2, 2010 at 20:53
Also outside of my ISP this is the only computer on the network ;) I'm just trying to avoid latency since my connection is slow.

xenoterracide
– xenoterracide

2010-08-02 20:55:05 +00:00
Commented Aug 2, 2010 at 20:55
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Other software should indeed hit the nscd cache. Just make sure you restart the software after starting nscd.

Ressu
– Ressu

2010-08-04 10:41:49 +00:00
Commented Aug 4, 2010 at 10:41
I rebooted the system.... only software to seemingly attempt to use nscd was ntp.

xenoterracide
– xenoterracide

2010-08-05 04:01:14 +00:00
Commented Aug 5, 2010 at 4:01

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