On 2006-02-17 12:21, David Banning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Er, I'm pretty sure it's /etc/host.conf (no "s"). > > > > But if your /etc/hosts doesn't contain the hostname you are after, that > > only leaves DNS, NIS and LDAP (I think) for the host.conf file to > > order. For DNS, what does "host whatever.your.hostname.was" show from > > the machine where you seem to be getting the wrong answer? > > Originally there was no banning.ca entry. > 127.0.0.1 points simply to localhost > > My actual server name is 3s1.com, which points to 209.161.205.12 > (my static IP) in /etc/hosts > > You are right about host.conf, but it is almost empty;
That's a perfectly normal host.conf file though :) > root# cat /etc/host.conf > # $FreeBSD: src/etc/host.conf,v 1.6 1999/08/27 23:23:41 peter Exp $ > # First try the /etc/hosts file > hosts > # Now try the nameserver next. > bind > # If you have YP/NIS configured, uncomment the next line > # nis > root# So if you add something to /etc/hosts it will override DNS :) _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
