On 10/13/07, David Vasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The resolver.conf file is a configuration file for the resolver. What is > the purpose of the host(1) command using it then, and following only a > part of it and ignoring the rest? It's really messy. > > From the host(1) man page: > "server is an optional argument which is either the name or IP address of > the name server that host should query instead of the server or servers > listed in /etc/resolv.conf."
"host is a simple utility for performing DNS lookups." reading entries out of /etc/hosts is not performing DNS lookups.
