From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 3 7:41:17 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C123937B401 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 07:41:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from rhadamanth.submonkey.net (pc1-cdif2-5-cust47.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.101.150.47]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 709BD43EC5 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 07:41:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.10) id 18UTwg-000255-00; Fri, 03 Jan 2003 15:41:14 +0000 Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 15:41:14 +0000 From: Ceri Davies To: Konstantin Borovik Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: command host does not check /etc/hosts. Message-ID: <20030103154114.GB7942@submonkey.net> References: <004501c2b2d9$976940a0$0300000a@winxp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <004501c2b2d9$976940a0$0300000a@winxp> X-message-flag: All your linuxconf-configured redhat are belong to us. X-message-flag-attribution: suresh, sdm. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 08:38:33PM -0700, Konstantin Borovik wrote: > Command host does not check /etc/hosts file. Is it a bug or normal behavior? That's normal. DESCRIPTION Host looks for information about Internet hosts. It gets this informa- tion from a set of interconnected servers that are spread across the world. Ceri -- Death before treachery! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message