ip address

[Manuales]

if i ping "b" works??'
why??? if i commented it into hosts file??

please help.

[Steven Schweda]

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[Pete Randall]

You must have a dns server. Check your /etc/nsswitch.conf file. It probably looks something like this:

hosts: files[NOTFOUND=continue UNAVAIL=continue] dns [NOTFOUND=continue UNAVAIL=continue TRYAGAIN=return] nis

This means that, if "b" is not found in the hosts file, go try the dns server named in /etc/resolv.conf.


Pete