Does bind read /etc/hosts?

[Karl Auer]

> > > What I want to know is whether the named access the hosts file.

I wonder if the OP is actually asking for a way to have BIND return
specific values for specific host names, without having them looked up
in the real DNS.

Guanghua, can you tell us the result you wish to achieve? From your
example, it looks as if you are trying to get BIND to return a value of
your choice, rather than the value that would normally be returned by a
DNS lookup.

Regards, K.

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