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From: Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>
To: Tom Marchand <m0rchand@comcast.net>
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Tom Marchand <m0rchand@comcast.net> wrote:

> Everything is set correctly in rc.conf.  What I have noticed is that 
> ping can resolve hosts from /etc/hosts.  
                         
If ping works then everything is fine in /etc/hosts.  You haven't told us 
what program you're using to resolve the 'test' hostname.  If you're 
using something like dig or nslookup, then this is expected behavior; 
those programs are *supposed* to query the name server and do not read 
/etc/hosts.

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Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>