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From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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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