Re: /etc/hosts file
Bill Gradwohl <[email protected]>
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Cameron Simpson said: >You don't need a name server for what you seem to want. >Just use your company's name server. Long story short, can't use a name server anywhere- period. Have to use a hosts file locally. >But the "host" command is specificly for testing DNS. >There wouldn't be any point to it if it consulted /etc/hosts. Then what's the point of /etc/nsswitch.conf? It's my understanding that its the arbiter of how things are supposed to work. >Ping doesn't do reverse lookups! >You will find reverse lookup works just fine, if you use something that >actually tries reverse lookup. Ping does not try. The ping utility does reverse resolution unless you specify -n. Even Windoze ping does reverse resolution. Bill Gradwohl [email protected] (817) 224-9400 x211 www.ycc.com