Does the 'hosts' line in the nsswitch.conf direct the resolver to try 'files' before 'dns'?
On 2/14/13, Martin Pola <martin.p...@kottnet.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to get my FreeBSD system to resolve localhost into 127.0.0.1, but > unfortunately it doesn't work. It appears the resolver is never reading from > /etc/hosts, where I have this line: > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > Here's a sample output of what I get when I try to resolve the name: > $ nslookup localhost > ;; Got recursion not available from 91.90.24.250, trying next server > Server: 8.8.8.8 > Address: 8.8.8.8#53 > > ** server can't find localhost: NXDOMAIN > > What am I missing? > > Kind regards, > Martin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > -- Sent from my mobile device Take care Rick Miller _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"