"Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm not sure if it's the same in woody, but on potato I'd take a look > at the /etc/nsswitch.conf file. In there make sure that you have a > line like: > > hosts: files dns > > Sounds like yours is either not using "files" at all or you have "dns" > ahead of files. > > As always you'll want to verify that what I wrote above is true for > your particular installation. I'm basing this on what I know about > potato.
Oh, I forgot about this little beastie too... Make sure you check the file /etc/host.conf, it should have a line like: order hosts,bind Gary
