Does bind read /etc/hosts?

[Reindl Harald]

Am 16.07.2014 03:27, schrieb houguanghua:
> Sorry for what I said isn't very clear

you wheer clear

> I did know when the /etc/hosts is accessed in the OS

agreed

> What I want to know is whether the named access the hosts file
> The /etc/hosts file isn't in the client's system,

for bind applies the same as for bind-utils (dig, nslookup...)
anything else would be strange and unpredictable behavior

> but in the system of Local DNS server where the 'named' task runs. For example:
>  In the /etc/hosts file of Local DNS server(LDNS), one line exists as follows:
>  10.10.10.1     www.google.com

bind don't care about that

> A client querys this LDNS to get the IP of 'www.google.com' (the client 
> may use dig,nslookup command. No host line is configured in /etc/hosts 
> of this client ), what IP will be returned to the client?  

the one of the DNS system

> Can the LDNS  return 10.10.10.1 defined in the /etc/hosts to the client?  
> maybe some special configuration in named can support this feature

wrong tool - > dnsmasq can but on the other hand has no bind-like zonefiles

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