Applications not using hosts file for name resolution

[Pat Colbeck <pcolbeck@bashq.org>]

Hi

I have noticed something starnge about my Woody system. I have to
maintain a hosts file due to some firewall and external DNS weirdness
for some of the hosts in the office. If I ping them then they resolve
via the hosts file but applications like telnet and postfix seem to be
using DNS (thus getting the wrong address). Any ideas why ?

Here is my resolv.conf file from /etc

order hosts bind
domain esc.azlan.co.uk
nameserver 10.44.69.102
nameserver 10.44.65.120

Thanks

Pat





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