[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". -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
