Thank you both for this. Makes sense.
On Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 8:15:02 AM UTC-4 unman wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 11:29:08AM +, Rusty Bird wrote:
> [quote]
> 'host' isn't suitable for testing this, because it never looks at the
> [/quote]
> Right - neither are most of the *other* D
On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 11:29:08AM +, Rusty Bird wrote:
[quote]
'host' isn't suitable for testing this, because it never looks at the
[/quote]
Right - neither are most of the *other* DNS utilities - ping should do.
Or `getent hosts ...`
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> The line "10.1.1.1 myhost.example.com" is appended to
> /etc/hosts. But when I open a disposable terminal and type 'host
> myhost.example.com', I get the DNS address, not 10.1.1.1.
'host' isn't suitable for testing this, because it never looks
