/etc/hosts isn't being read

[Fabian Keil]

Josh Paetzel <josh at tcbug.org> wrote:

> I have a stock 6.0-RELEASE box that doesn't seem to be 
> reading /etc/hosts
> 
> In /etc/hosts I have:
> 
> 192.168.1.101 example example.example.org
> 
> /etc/nsswitch.conf is stock:
> 
> group: compat
> group_compat: nis
> hosts: files dns
> networks: files
> passwd: compat
> passwd_compat: nis
> shells: files
> 
> $ host example
> Host example not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
> 
> $ host example.example.org
> Host example not found 3(NXDOMAIN)

Did host ever query /etc/hosts?
 
> What am I doing wrong here that is keeping /etc/hosts from being read?

Does ping ignore /etc/hosts as well?

fk at TP51 ~ $host localhost
Host localhost not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
fk at TP51 ~ $ping localhost
PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.383 ms
^C
--- localhost ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.383/0.383/0.383/0.000 ms

Fabian
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