[snip] > -bash-2.05b# cat /etc/hosts > 127.0.0.1 localhost.noonlights.net localhost > 192.168.1.5 jupiter.noonlights.net jupiter > 192.168.1.5 jupiter.noonlights.net. > 193.5.56.6 www.freebsd.org myfreebsd
[snip]
> -bash-2.05b# cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
> hosts: files dns
>
>
> -bash-2.05b# cat /etc/host.conf
> hosts
> bind
>
>
> -bash-2.05b# cat /etc/resolv.conf
> domain noonlights.net
> nameserver 195.190.166.166
> nameserver 195.190.166.167
>
> -bash-2.05b# host localhost
> Host not found.
>
> -bash-2.05b# host localhost.noonlights.net
> Host not found.
I think it's host-related. I have a similar setup muself, although I'm
currently running 5.1-BETA (sources as of around midnight 28/05/03
GMT-3). If I try `host localhost`, I get Host not found, too. But if I
try `host localhost.`, it finds that host fine. Have you tried `host
localhost.noonlights.net.` or even `host localhost.`? I think it might
be because host forces the inclusion of its domainname at the end of
the argument if it's not dot-ended.
The rest of the output you pasted suggests that I'm right about this,
and thus it _is_ a host's fault. I agree that we should fix our base
code, but I support the idea of reporting that to ISC, so they can
merge the changes to their codebase instead.
Fred
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The part of the envelope that tells a person where to place
the stamp when they can't quite figure it out for themselves."
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