Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 11:19:11 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: jin@george.lbl.gov (Jin Guojun[ITG]) Cc: questions@freebsd.org, bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/hosts no longer used for both 2.1.7 and 2.2 ? Message-ID: <199703251919.LAA02226@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199703251803.KAA27286@george.lbl.gov> from "Jin Guojun[ITG]" at Mar 25, 97 10:03:57 am
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Jin Guojun[ITG] wrote:
>
>
> It seems that /etc/hosts is no longer used by FreeBSD design.
> Is this a bug or intended to do in this way? The FreeBSD seems intend to
> use DNS all the time, regardless the content of the /etc/hosts.
the file "/etc/host.conf" lists the methods of converting
domain names to ip addresses. if you want to use "/etc/hosts"
in preference to DNS, list "hosts" before "bind" in
"/etc/host.conf"
kryten: {13} cat /etc/host.conf
hosts
bind
kryten: {14}
>
> Would some one please tell me if any way to force FreeBSD to use /etc/hosts
> to do the name resolving?
jmb
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