Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 16:16:50 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Hal Lynch <hal@cc.usu.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /etc/hosts vs nslookup Message-ID: <20020214161650.F36782@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <8251D08A-21A7-11D6-9E04-0050E490FD5B@cc.usu.edu>; from hal@cc.usu.edu on Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 05:03:58PM -0700 References: <8251D08A-21A7-11D6-9E04-0050E490FD5B@cc.usu.edu>
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On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 05:03:58PM -0700, Hal Lynch wrote:
> Suppose I ssh to host a.b.c.d. How is the actual IP address found?
>
> Does the software look first in my /etc/hosts file and only if a.b.c.d
> is not there ask my nameserver? Or does it just ask the nameserver
> no matter what?
>
> The latter seems to be the case. If so is there anything I can do
> about it?
more /etc/host.conf
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