Does bind read /etc/hosts?

[Mark Andrews]

In message <BAY173-W11D824E324939A1BB89852BBF60 at phx.gbl>, houguanghua writes:
> Dear sir/madam,
>  
> Before Bind consults authority NS, does it access /etc/hosts?  In my 
> testing,  it does not even seem to access /etc/hosts. But someone tells 
> me Bind can access /etc/hosts first. Can you pls tell me how to config 
> Bind to access /etc/hosts fist?
>  
> Thanks,
> Guanghua

No.

getaddrinfo, gethostbyname etc. however may access /etc/hosts, NIS,
mDNS, DNS and other databases.  You need to read the documentation
that comes with your system for how to control these.

Mark
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