current-users: Re: Can't find a host.

Subject: Re: Can't find a host.
To: Nguyen, Son N. <sn.nguyen@ngc.com>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 09/10/2007 11:35:23

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:01:30 -0400
"Nguyen, Son N." <sn.nguyen@ngc.com> wrote:

> 
>  I have a DSL and a router to connect to internet. I set 192.168.1.16
> for my network card.
>  In /etc/rc.conf, I added dhclient=YES and I can browse the web
> without any problem.
>  In /etc/hosts file, I add "192.168.1.16	nsl.myhome.net  nsl".
> But if I type 'host nsl' it could not find the host:
>  "...not found in 3(NXDOMAIN)".
>  I don't know why? Any one know? Thanks a lot.
>  
>  snguyen 
> 
As I understand it, host(1) only consults the DNS, not /etc/hosts.


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb