Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 10:37:34 +0000 From: Simon Dick <simond@irrelevant.org> To: Jim Conner <jconner@enterit.com> Cc: The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org>, cjclark@alum.mit.edu, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: can't do reverse dns with /etc/hosts Message-ID: <20011124103734.GB386@irrelevant.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20011123172728.02c61518@mail.enterit.com> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20011123164749.0245ec60@mail.enterit.com> <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> <5.1.0.14.0.20011123172728.02c61518@mail.enterit.com>
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On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 05:30:43PM -0500, Jim Conner wrote: > At 16:30 11.23.2001 -0500, The Anarcat wrote: > >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? > >> > >> grep hostname /etc/hosts > >> grep password /etc/hosts > >> > >> 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. ;) > > Unfortunately, I am not familiar with such a thing. I have been in need of > the same kind of tool. I will be interested to see what others say. It > seems obvious to me that this is not a name lookup mechanism but a type of > Unix lookup since the /etc/hosts file was used way before DNS was ever > thought up. There must be a built-in tool/library somewhere that can do > what you are trying to accomplish. I guess my method of just using ping <hostname> and seeing what IP it tries to ping won't be suitable for this? :) -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org "Why do I get this urge to go bowling everytime I see Tux?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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