You might want to check /etc/nsswitch.conf for the lines:
hosts: files dns
networks: files dns
services: files
if you haven't already done so. It's my understanding that the resolver
looks here now to see how to resolve names. According to the man file,
if the nsswitch.conf file is missing, libc.so.6 uses dns by default to
resolve names.
-Robert
> ... The more severe
> problem is that the DNS code on the local machines appears to initially
> ignore host.conf and hosts, until the internet nameservers tells it to
> go away.
>
> Surely DNS isn't _supposed_ to work this way?
>
> Paul
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