Bug 61121

Summary:	gethostbyname() is not checking /etc/host.conf and /etc/hosts files anymore
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <favorit>
Component:	bind	Assignee:	Daniel Walsh <dwalsh>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Ben Levenson <benl>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.2	CC:	briantsmith
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Description Need Real Name 2002-03-13 21:56:05 UTC

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Description of problem:
If i strace host, nslookup or any other tools, they do not even 
open /etc/host.conf to check the order, though I can find /etc/host.conf when 
i 'string' libs files.
Bug?

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. /etc/host.conf: order hosts,bind
2. /etc/hosts: 1.1.1.1   asdfgdf   asdfgdf.net
3. root@host> host asdfgdf
Host asdfgdf. not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) 

	

Expected Results:  Well :) Selfexplanatory, but I expected it to resolv 
my /etc/hosts entry.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Brian Smith 2002-09-24 16:15:46 UTC

I am experiencing this problem also.
strace on nslookup shows no references to hosts file.
This makes it difficult to perform any local testing.
Please increase priority.

Comment 2 Ulrich Drepper 2003-04-24 04:12:26 UTC

This has nothing to do with glibc.  nslookup and host both don't use the lookup
mechanism glibc provides (NSS).  That's the whole point, both tools directly
talk to DNS servers and only DNS servers.

If you want to see glibc's mechanism in action use getent:

$ getent hosts asdfgdf
1.1.1.1         asdfgdf asdfgdf.net

I'm reassigning to bind just in case they want to add something.  But I think
neither host nor nslookup are supposed to look at hist.conf and definitely not
at /etc/hosts.