At Sun, 4 Jul 2004 it looks like David Fuchs composed: > Excellent, ping does resolve a new entry in /etc/hosts properly. So as > you said, `host' is doing it's own thing. The manpage for host gives me > some leads which I'll follow through on.
Hmm, in the Unix boxes I've seen, there is a file called /etc/nsswitch.conf that will have a line called "hosts:" it will dictate the order by which names are resolved. If you have the following your system will look at the /etc/hosts file first, then NISplus, then DNS. If you were to have "dns" first, it would ignore your /etc/hosts file (first) and hit your dns looking for answers. /etc/nsswitch.conf hosts: files nisplus dns -- Bill Schoolcraft PO Box 210076 -o) San Francisco CA 94121 /\ "UNIX, A Way Of Life." _\_v http://billschoolcraft.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
