Hello David:
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
David Naylor
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 1:49 PM
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: /etc/hosts not working
* PGP Signed: 09/11/08 at 13:49:05
Hi,
I am trying to redirect a URL request to a different address
but it appears
that /etc/hosts is not doing the job. Example:
127.0.0.1 google.com
The way I understand it is that by typing google.com in a web
browser it
should result in the local page being displayed. It instead
goes to the
proper Google page.
`ping google.com' actually pings 127.0.0.1 but `host google'
returns the
actual IP addresses for google.
/etc/nsswitch.conf has `hosts: files dns' and host.conf has
`hosts\n dns'
Any idea why the system calls are not honouring /etc/hosts?
Regards
David
* David Naylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* 0xFF6916B2
man host shows that the host utility is specifically for DNS-resolved lookups
and looks at /etc/resolv.conf, not /etc/hosts
Regards,
Mike
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