Modifying /etc/hosts? 1

[cpjust]

Hi,
I added an entry to my /etc/hosts file such as:

127.0.0.1   server.domain.com

but when I do a nslookup on server.domain.com it still returns the real address instead of 127.0.0.1.

Do I need to restart the network services for it to re-read the /etc/hosts file or is there some other reason why it's doing that?

 

[elgrandeperro]

nslookup uses DNS only. Try like ping server.domain.com

 

[GunnarD]

Also take a look at /etc/nsswitch.conf.

 

[cpjust]

Thanks, ping didn't display the IP Address, but traceroute did. Although now I have to find another reason why my program isn't working right...

 

[SamBones]

One of these two should do it using "[tt]ping[/tt]"...

ping -s -n server.domain.com
ping -s -v server.domain.com