Randall R Schulz wrote:
I actually think this won't work, and the reason I think that is that I'm virtually certain that my /etc/hosts is _not_ being consulted at all.
I added a line for the address I had before moving across town (and I landed on a part of the network that forced my ISP to give me new IP addresses):
64.142.14.4 64-142-14-4.dsl.static.sonic.net twain-of-yore
And still this:
% host twain-of-yore Host twain-of-yore not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
Why don't you try "strace ping twain-of-yore | grep hosts". This should show the call to /etc/hosts, if it's being referenced. If it is, do you have a clean /etc/hosts? Non-printing characters might mess things up. Regards, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org