host command not seeming to use /etc/hosts file

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 05/01/2014 05:04 PM, Alchemist wrote:
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> 2014-05-01 23:52 GMT+03:00 Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com 
> <mailto:rgm at htt-consult.com>>:
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>     F20
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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:
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>     Host bob not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
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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.
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>     Of course the problem might simply be the host command is
>     incapable of processing the /etc/hosts file?
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>     thanks for any help on this.
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> Check your /etc/host.conf for line
> order hosts,bind

multi on

> and /etc/nsswitch.conf for correct order
> hosts: files dns

hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns myhostname

>  However results may differ


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