Re: host command not seeming to use /etc/hosts file

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On 05/02/14 04:52, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> F20
>
> I put an IPv4 entry for a server in my /etc/hosts file.  I can 'ping bob', but 'host bob' comes back with:
>
> Host bob not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
>
> I have this vague memory from years back about a file that set precedence of hosts file and dns for fqdn lookup.  Can't remember it of find it.
>
> Of course the problem might simply be the host command is incapable of processing the /etc/hosts file?
>
> thanks for any help on this.
>
>

The host command does only DNS lookups.

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