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Date:      Mon, 26 Jun 2023 08:37:15 +0200
From:      "Herbert J. Skuhra" <herbert@gojira.at>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Using /etc/hosts, not dns
Message-ID:  <ZJkyGzErOTq_EJMK@mail.bsd4all.net>
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On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 04:51:05PM -0400, Steven Friedrich wrote:
> I have been using /etc/hosts for decades to identify local hosts.  I don't
> want the complexity of dns for this simple scenario.

According to truss/ktrace the command host doesn't read /etc/nsswitch.conf and queries
only DNS servers. See also host(1). 

> I issue: host slimline
> Host slimline not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

Use 'getent hosts slimline' instead.

-- 
Herbert



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