On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 10:06 am, Alfredo Finelli wrote: > -- On Friday 19 November 2004 23:37, you wrote: > > Greetings All, > > > > I am running FreeBSD 4.10 stable. I connect to the internet via > > dialup so I have an entries in my /etc/hosts for all my local > > machines and I have an entry in my /etc/resolv.conf for my isp's > > dns server. when I am not connected to my isp and I try to ssh to > > a local machine from a local mahine it takes a "long" time to > > connect. I susspect the reason is because it is trying to hit the > > dns server first from my isp. From what I understand it should hit > > the hosts file first according to the following setup. Can anyone > > exlain how I can fix my problem? or explain why my current > > configuration is incorrect? > > > > /etc/host.conf > > > > # First try the /etc/hosts file > > hosts > > # Now try the nameserver next. > > bind > > In your "host.conf" file you should be using the keyword "order" to > specify how host lookups are to be performed by the resolver. It > should be followed by one or more lookup methods, separated by commas. > Valid methods are "bind", "hosts" and "nis". > > For example the line in /etc/host.conf could be: > > order hosts,bind >
Hmm; Where does this come from? I'm not questioning the validity, but the OP's file is the installation default and I can see no reference to keyword "order" in the host.conf(5) man page. Malcolm _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
