Hi Raf, It's all been sorted. Should have used getent to check my tweaks.
On Friday, 2 January 2015, Raf <r...@devio.us> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 04:53:32PM EST, Richard Brooks wrote: > > > Hi Raf > > Hi Richard, > > > Would rather not gives these files out as they do reveal the layout of my > > network. But the simple hosts file I tried was along the lines of: > > Content of 'resolv.conf' might be crucial here - otherwise you may be > wasting all our time here. I'm not asking for a verbatim copy of either > of the files but knowing which options you have used apart from the > aforementioned 'lookup' and 'nameserver', would be very nice. > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > 192.168.1.1 myserver.domain.com TheServer > > You haven't answered my other question - how are you doing the lookup? > > host myserver.domain.com > > or > > host myserver > > or > > host TheServer > > also, please specify which utility you are using (host?). > > Regards, > > Raf > > -- Regards Richard
