host command not seeming to use /etc/hosts file

[Alchemist]

2014-05-01 23:52 GMT+03:00 Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>:

> F20
>
> I put an IPv4 entry for a server in my /etc/hosts file.  I can 'ping bob',
> but 'host bob' comes back with:
>
> Host bob not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
>
> I have this vague memory from years back about a file that set precedence
> of hosts file and dns for fqdn lookup.  Can't remember it of find it.
>
> Of course the problem might simply be the host command is incapable of
> processing the /etc/hosts file?
>
> thanks for any help on this.
>
>
Check your /etc/host.conf for line
order hosts,bind
and /etc/nsswitch.conf for correct order
hosts: files dns
 However results may differ

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