[CALUG] /etc/hosts not used?

Sat Mar 18 12:58:14 CST 2006

The 'host' command is one of the replacements for 'nslookup'.  According 
to the man page, it is a "DNS lookup utility".  I doubt that you could 
override the DNS part of it.

                           -jason

On Sat, 18 Mar 2006, Eldon Ziegler wrote:

> I need a local host name to IP address association to override that 
> provided by DNS. However, after entering the new definition in 
> /etc/hosts the "host" command still returns the IP address from DNS. 
> I've tried in on Linux 2.6 (RedHat ES4) and 2.4 (RedHat 9.x).
> 
> /etc/host.conf has "order hosts,bind". /etc/nsswitch.conf has "hosts: 
> files dns". Does some service need to be restarted? How do I get 
> /etc/hosts to override DNS?
> 
> Thanks
> Eldon Ziegler
> 
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