Re: Applications not using hosts file for name resolution
> This is a wierd but correct behaviour of IPv6 resolution. There are a
> huge number of bug reports about it.
Do you know the rationale behind IPv6 considering this 'correct'?
If you could explain it for the benefit of myself and everyone else
who gets bit by this and searches the Debian archives, I'd be most
grateful.
It's patently a bug, if only in the IPv6 spec. Overriding DNS is half
of what we use the hosts file _for_...
Many thanks,
--Pete
(Not the guy who makes Pete's Wicked Ale)
On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 09:38:00AM +1000, John wrote:
> Pat Colbeck wrote:
>
> >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
> >
> This is a wierd but correct behaviour of IPv6 resolution. There are a
> huge number of bug reports about it.
>
> Disable IPv6 to get the 'normal' behaviour.
>
> John P Foster ( who is still NOT the guy who makes Foster's Lager)
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