In message <bay173-w26f0d751d9e56ffda14b15bb...@phx.gbl>, houguanghua writes:
> Sorry for what I said isn't very clear. I did know when the /etc/hosts is
> accessed in the OS.
> What I want to know is whether the named access the hosts file.
And I gave you a clear, unequivicable "No". Named does not
read /etc/hosts.
Mark
> The
> /etc/hosts file isn't in the client's system, but in the system of Local
> DNS server where the 'named' task runs. For example:
> In the /etc/hosts file of Local DNS server(LDNS), one line exists
> as follows:
> 10.10.10.1 www.google.com
> A client querys this LDNS to get the IP of 'www.google.com' (the
> client may use dig,nslookup command. No host line is configured in
> /etc/hosts of this client ), what IP will be returned to the client? Can
> the LDNS return 10.10.10.1 defined in the /etc/hosts to the client?
> maybe some special configuration in named can support this feature.
>
> Thanks,
> Guanghua
>
> > To: houguang...@hotmail.com
> > CC: bind-us...@isc.org
> > From: ma...@isc.org
> > Subject: Re: Does bind read /etc/hosts?
> > Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 20:38:12 +1000
> >
> >
> > 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
>
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Mark Andrews, ISC
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org
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