Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 18:13:34 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Fred Souza <fred@storming.org> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: /etc/hosts completely ignored Message-ID: <20030528171334.GA28284@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20030528170804.GA1112@torment.storming.org> References: <3ED4E9CA.8000309@die.supsi.ch> <20030528170804.GA1112@torment.storming.org>
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On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 02:08:04PM -0300, Fred Souza wrote:
> [snip]
>
> > -bash-2.05b# cat /etc/hosts
> > 193.5.56.6 www.freebsd.org myfreebsd
>
> [snip]
> > -bash-2.05b# cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
> > hosts: files dns
> >
> > -bash-2.05b# cat /etc/host.conf
> > hosts
> > bind
> >
> > -bash-2.05b# cat /etc/resolv.conf
> > domain noonlights.net
> > nameserver 195.190.166.166
> > nameserver 195.190.166.167
> >
> > -bash-2.05b# host localhost
> > Host not found.
> >
> > -bash-2.05b# host localhost.noonlights.net
> > Host not found.
>
> I think it's host-related. I have a similar setup muself, although I'm
> currently running 5.1-BETA (sources as of around midnight 28/05/03
> GMT-3). If I try `host localhost`, I get Host not found, too. But if I
> try `host localhost.`, it finds that host fine. Have you tried `host
> localhost.noonlights.net.` or even `host localhost.`? I think it might
> be because host forces the inclusion of its domainname at the end of
> the argument if it's not dot-ended.
Umm, host(1) looks in the DNS for hostnames, as per the manpage:
DESCRIPTION
Host looks for information about Internet hosts. It gets this informa-
tion from a set of interconnected servers that are spread across the
world.
It doesn't use /etc/hosts, just DNS. That's by design.
Ceri
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