 | | | /etc/hosts file | /etc/hosts file 2003-05-21 - By Bill Gradwohl
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For arcane security reasons, I'm not permitted to start a name server on a
particular box. Therefore I'm trying to use /etc/hosts.
Given that /etc/nsswitch.conf contains a line as follows:
hosts: files dns
Adding the following to the /etc/hosts file:
192.168.1.123 box1.private.xyz box1
allows
ping box1
or
ping box1.private.xyz
to function as expected resolving to the 192.168.1.123 address.
Keying in:
host box1
or
host box1.private.xyz
fails on nxdomain. Why? Anyone know how to get 'host' to use /etc/hosts? I
thought all utilities using library functions follow the nsswitch.conf
specification for resolution.
Also, I'm unable to put any kind of reverse address resolution into the /etc
/hosts file that works.
Anyone know of a way to modify /etc/hosts to allow something like ping to
reverse resolve as in:
ping 192.168.1.123
and have it display the hostname next to the ip address?
Bill Gradwohl
bill@(protected)
(817) 224-9400 x211
www.ycc.com
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