In message <bay173-w11d824e324939a1bb89852bb...@phx.gbl>, houguanghua writes: > Dear sir/madam, > > Before Bind consults authority NS, does it access /etc/hosts? In my > testing, it does not even seem to access /etc/hosts. But someone tells > me Bind can access /etc/hosts first. Can you pls tell me how to config > Bind to access /etc/hosts fist? > > Thanks, > Guanghua
No. getaddrinfo, gethostbyname etc. however may access /etc/hosts, NIS, mDNS, DNS and other databases. You need to read the documentation that comes with your system for how to control these. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
