Host file

[Mike Holland]

> On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Jon L. Miller wrote:
> 
> > I do a nslookup it doesn't see the local hosts file even though it has been
> > set-up to do so in the host.conf.  Any one have any ideas how to set it so
> > it'll look at the local host file first?
> 
> nslookup is "Name Server lookup" - it will always search the DNS.

Also, i think you should have a different domain name for you private
network than the public domain. That avoids ambiguities.
ie if the same hostnames have different addresses, they should be in
different domains.

Mike Holland  <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>
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