Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:49:47 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: David Naylor <naylor.b.david@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/hosts not working Message-ID: <443ak6tksk.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200809112249.05138.naylor.b.david@gmail.com> (David Naylor's message of "Thu\, 11 Sep 2008 22\:49\:00 %2B0200") References: <200809112249.05138.naylor.b.david@gmail.com>
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David Naylor <naylor.b.david@gmail.com> writes: > 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. Sounds like your browser is using a proxy server which is doing the name resolution for you. > /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? Since ping works, I'm sure that they are. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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