On 4/26/20 8:02 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The tools "host" or "dig" are designed to test the name servers and ignore the "files", ie, what /etc/hosts say. These tools do not replicate what happens with a normal program that asks the system for a name to IP conversion.
Instead, you test the toolchain with "ping", and then you see that /etc/hosts works perfectly.
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