entries in hosts file not used in host lookup

[Barry Margolin]

In article <coftqp$2o96$1 at sf1.isc.org>, tuepla at telenet.be (Alain) 
wrote:

> I think the problem comes down to the fact that host does not read my
> /etc/hosts file but does query the configured DNS instead wich does
> not reply for such a query, but how can I setup networking this will
> work.

The "host" command is a DNS-only query utility, like "dig" and 
"nslookup".  It doesn't use the operating system's generic name 
resolution mechanism.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***