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Re: response from the host command for a private address listed in /etc/hosts



In <[🔎] COL113-W487AF99B7580E992E8CEF5EF630@phx.gbl>, Peter Crawford wrote:
>What response should come from `host myserver` executed
>on myworkstation?  By consulting /etc/hosts,

From man 1 host:
host is a simple utility for performing DNS lookups.

So, it always uses DNS, not paying attention to your settings in 
nsswitch.conf.  In particular, it doesn't read /etc/hosts because it doesn't 
use the "files" NS module.
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