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Subject: Re: can't do reverse dns with /etc/hosts
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On Fri Nov 23, 2001 at 04:48:54PM -0500, Jim Conner wrote:
> At 16:14 11.23.2001 -0500, The Anarcat wrote:
> >On Wed Nov 14, 2001 at 05:36:47PM -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote:
> >>
> >> host(1) _always_ uses DNS.
> >>
> >
> >Doh! I should have RTFM... sorry.
> >
> >Is there a tool that doesn't use just DNS?
>=20
> grep hostname /etc/hosts
> grep password /etc/hosts
>=20
> Those ought to work.

The thing is that I want to test the functionality of the resolver.

I need a simple userland gethostby* interface. :) nslookup and host and
friends are all DNS oriented, IIUC.

Anyways, I'll probably end up writing my own one-liner. ;)

A.

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