Background: AS2000; Tru64 Unix 4.0D with patch #3
I am not sure what more I will need to do make sure that all nameserver
lookups will consult the /etc/hosts file first on this alpha server.
I have executed the `bindsetup' command and followed all the steps in
the `Setting Up a Client' section. When it asked for the order in which
to resolve host name queries, I selected 1, ie., it should consult the
local /etc/hosts file first!
Here is /etc/svc.conf file:
aliases=local
group=local
hosts=local,bind
netgroup=local
networks=local
passwd=local
protocols=local
rpc=local
services=local
I then did `/usr/sbin/rcinet restart' to make sure that TCP services
got restarted.
But, all nameserver queries get sent to the nameservers listed in
the /etc/resolv.conf, and the /etc/hosts file is never consulted.
What could be missing?
Another problem is that even though I have listed 4 hosts in the
/etc/resolv.conf file, only the first one is consulted before
declaring `unknown host' !
Any help will be appreciated. I will summarise.
Thanks,
-- mahendra
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A. Mahendra Rajah Email: Mahendra_at_Meena.CC.URegina.CA
VMS & DUNIX Systems Manager Phone: (306) 585-4496
Dept. of Computing Services FAX: (306) 585-5060
University of Regina,
Regina, Sask., S4S 0A2
Canada.
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Received on Tue Jun 01 1999 - 22:18:05 NZST