Re: /etc/hosts file not being used - OpenBSD v5.1

2015-01-02 Thread Richard Brooks
Hi Raf Would rather not gives these files out as they do reveal the layout of my network. But the simple hosts file I tried was along the lines of: 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.1.1 myserver.domain.com TheServer Like I say the hosts file should do its work without the resolv.conf file (which I

Re: /etc/hosts file not being used - OpenBSD v5.1

2015-01-02 Thread Raf
On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 04:16:47PM EST, Richard Brooks wrote: As you can probably tell from the version number, I've been using OpenBSD for a while, but have only recently discovered that name resolution entries in the hosts file are not being used and that the o/s waltz's merrily off to the

Re: /etc/hosts file not being used - OpenBSD v5.1

2015-01-02 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 09:16:47PM +, Richard Brooks wrote: As you can probably tell from the version number, I've been using OpenBSD for a while, but have only recently discovered that name resolution entries in the hosts file are not being used and that the o/s waltz's merrily off to

Re: /etc/hosts file not being used - OpenBSD v5.1

2015-01-02 Thread Richard Brooks
Hi Raf, It's all been sorted. Should have used getent to check my tweaks. On Friday, 2 January 2015, Raf r...@devio.us wrote: On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 04:53:32PM EST, Richard Brooks wrote: Hi Raf Hi Richard, Would rather not gives these files out as they do reveal the layout of my

Re: /etc/hosts file not being used - OpenBSD v5.1

2015-01-02 Thread Raf
On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 04:53:32PM EST, Richard Brooks wrote: Hi Raf Hi Richard, Would rather not gives these files out as they do reveal the layout of my network. But the simple hosts file I tried was along the lines of: Content of 'resolv.conf' might be crucial here - otherwise you may be