On Mon, March 4, 2013 1:43 pm, chris wrote: >> I have in host.conf >> # cat /etc/host.conf >> order hosts,bind multi on >> but, I seem to resolve with bind and ignore /etc/hosts..? what else do I >> need to check ? > > I have come across this too. The answer may lie in > /etc/nsswitch.conf > which is said to be a more up-to-date alternative to /etc/hosts, and to > various other name resolution mechanisms.
Chris, thanks for reply, I;ve edited /etc/resolv.conf as; cat resolv.conf nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver xyx.xyz.xyz.xyz nameserver xyx.xyz.xyz.zxy lookup file bind (tried 'lookup' line as 1st and last line) /etc/nsswitch.conf already has: grep host /etc/nsswitch.conf #hosts: db files nisplus nis dns hosts: files dns so I didn't touch any any other thoughts ? googleing just brings ppl with similar issue, but no resolution so far. it seems 'it doesn't work anymore like it used to' ? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
