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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/01/2014 05:04 PM, Alchemist
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<div class="gmail_quote">2014-05-01 23:52 GMT+03:00 Robert
Moskowitz <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote">F20<br>
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I put an IPv4 entry for a server in my /etc/hosts file. I
can 'ping bob', but 'host bob' comes back with:<br>
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Host bob not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)<br>
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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.<br>
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Of course the problem might simply be the host command is
incapable of processing the /etc/hosts file?<br>
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thanks for any help on this.<span class=""><br>
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<div>Check your /etc/host.conf for line<br>
order hosts,bind<br>
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<div>and /etc/nsswitch.conf for correct order<br>
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<div>hosts: files dns<br>
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hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns myhostname<br>
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<div> However results may differ<br>
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