Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 16:30:33 -0500 From: The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org> To: Jim Conner <jconner@enterit.com> Cc: cjclark@alum.mit.edu, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: can't do reverse dns with /etc/hosts Message-ID: <20011123213032.GC26346@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20011123164749.0245ec60@mail.enterit.com> References: <20011114173647.D66694@blossom.cjclark.org> <20011115012039.GA61093@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org> <20011114173647.D66694@blossom.cjclark.org> <5.1.0.14.0.20011123164749.0245ec60@mail.enterit.com>
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--uXxzq0nDebZQVNAZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri Nov 23, 2001 at 04:48:54PM -0500, Jim Conner wrote: > At 16:14 11.23.2001 -0500, The Anarcat wrote: > >On Wed Nov 14, 2001 at 05:36:47PM -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote: > >> > >> host(1) _always_ uses DNS. > >> > > > >Doh! I should have RTFM... sorry. > > > >Is there a tool that doesn't use just DNS? >=20 > grep hostname /etc/hosts > grep password /etc/hosts >=20 > Those ought to work. The thing is that I want to test the functionality of the resolver. I need a simple userland gethostby* interface. :) nslookup and host and friends are all DNS oriented, IIUC. Anyways, I'll probably end up writing my own one-liner. ;) A. --uXxzq0nDebZQVNAZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjv+v/cACgkQttcWHAnWiGf7CQCfSB0VH4iKvqexNJXWN6t3mjGZ 0IgAn0y4ca89hao+UsbezW8HKe3jZ2DD =M9Wz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --uXxzq0nDebZQVNAZ-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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