At Tue, 15 Jul 2014 10:28:30 +0000, houguanghua wrote: > > Before Bind consults authority NS, does it access /etc/hosts? In my > testing, it does not even seem to access /etc/hosts.
That's right. BIND tools (dig, ...) are DNS tools. Local files aren't part of the DNS. For more information, please see http://serverfault.com/questions/498500/why-does-the-host-command-not-resolve-entries-in-etc-hosts Best regards, Niall O'Reilly _______________________________________________ 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