On Solaris 10:

bash-3.00# nslookup sunsolve.sun.com
Server:         10.99.16.5
Address:        10.99.16.5#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:   sunsolve.sun.com
Address: 192.18.108.40

bash-3.00# ping sunsolve.sun.com
ping: unknown host sunsolve.sun.com
bash-3.00# ping 192.18.108.40
192.18.108.40 is alive

/etc/nsswitch.conf includes:

hosts:      files dns


I've been Googling, and this feels like something I've run into back in
the dim mists of time.  But it's stumping me today...


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