On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 18:40 -0300, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote:
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> Michael Sullivan wrote:
> > I don't have a full DNS server for my domain.  Each computer on my
> > network has a copy of the same /etc/hosts file.  Is there some way I can
> > make it use that for DNS lookups locally?
> 
> Edit /etc/host.conf - it's well commented.
> 
> dnsmasq reads and provides dns resolution based on /etc/hosts, too. 
> additionlly, check  your
> /etc/resolv.conf. a "nameserver 127.0.0.1" line should be present, if you 
> want to avoid contacting
> the internet for dns lookups, if so your system configured.
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The loopback address wasn't in my /etc/resolv.conf, so I added it and
restarted net.eth0....

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