[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> 
> >> 
> >> SUCCESS=return is the default behaviour. Or it should
> >> be - are you
> >> saying that it's not?
> >
> >Yep, You can confirm this by putting a local entry in your host file, 
> >setting your nsswitch entry
> >hosts:      files    dns
> >disable name service cache, configure resolv.conf for DNS. 
> >Now snoop your interface for DNS server address and ping the host in the 
> >host file.
> >You will see a DNS lookup. 
> >I never trust the defaults.
> 
> I still trust the defaults; it's much more likely that you've seen 
> additional lookups even using that same name, especially when running
> snoop.

It's possible that the previous poster is seeing reverse lookups
... and it's also possible that he modified "hosts" but then missed
"ipnodes".

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