Re: Using /etc/hosts, not dns

> > > Correct, Linux still works. After all these years and my extensive Unix
> > > experience, I am abandoning FreeBSD. You have completely abandoned
> > > common sense.
> > 
> > I thought this might be an interesting bit of information to add to the
> > thread.
> > 
> > On OpenBSD, /etc/resolv.conf supports a 'lookup' keyword that FreeBSD
> > has not implemented (AFAICT).
> 
> 
> Does this differ from the hosts entry in /etc/nsswitch.conf ?

Sounds like it serves a similar purpose. Don't have access to 
my FreeBSD machine atm to compare. 

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