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From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu>
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Subject: name resolution puzzle
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Valeri Galtsev writes:

>  I just noticed some behavior of commands "host" and "nslookup" that 
>  puzzles me. Namely, they do not query /etc/hosts file first, but query 
>  nameserver instead, even though nsswitch.conf order is "files dns":

	...

>  Can someone enlighten me on this?

	What is the content of /etc/host.conf, and does its usage apply
here?


			Respectfully,


				Robert Huff