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From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg>
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Subject: Re: hosts is ignored
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Hi,

Peter Boosten wrote:
> Erich Dollansky wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have the feeling to be blind but I cannot find out why my FreeBSD 6.2
>> machine ignores hosts.
>>
>> host.conf says
>>
>> hosts
>> dns
> 
> What is host.conf used for? Never heard of it.
> 
> Put the following line in your resolv.conf
> 
> lookup file bind
> 
no change.

Hosts is still fully ignored.

Erich