> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ host student2
> student2 has address 192.168.0.31
I believe 'host' goes directly to /etc/resolv.conf to see what
your DNS servers are.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ping student2
> ping: unknown host student2
But 'ping' goes through the 'normal' resolution process, the
first step of which is looking in /etc/nsswitch.conf.
There I suspect you don't have:
hosts: files dns
which is probably what you need.
Alexis
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